118 HR 929 RH: Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2024-03-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IBUnion Calendar No. 349118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 929[Report No. 118–423]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 9, 2023Mr. Kilmer (for himself and Ms. Strickland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesMarch 12, 2024Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printedA BILLTo take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023.

2.

Land to be taken into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation

(a)

In general

The approximately 17.264 acres of land owned in fee by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation in Pierce County, Washington, and described in subsection (b) is hereby taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation.(b)

Land descriptions

(1)

Parcel 1

Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, Block 85, Map of Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and platted by the Board of Appraisers of Tide and Shore Lands for Pierce County, according to Plat filed for record on September 14, 1895, in the Office of the County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.(2)

Parcel 2

Lots 5 to 9, inclusive, Block 85, Map of Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and platted by the Board of Appraisers of Tide and Shore Lands for Pierce County, according to Plat filed for record on September 14, 1895, in the Office of the County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.(3)

Parcel 3

Parcel A of City of Tacoma Boundary Line Adjustment MPD2011–40000166230, recorded October 12, 2011, under Pierce County Auditor Recording No. 201110125009, as corrected by Affidavit of Minor Correction of Map Recorded September 25, 2012, under Pierce County Auditor Recording No. 201209250440.(c)

Administration

Land taken into trust under subsection (a) shall be—(1)part of the Reservation of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation; and(2)administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe.(d)

Environmental liability

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States shall not be liable for any environmental contamination that occurred on the land described in subsection (b) on or before the date on which that land is taken into trust under subsection (a).(e)

Gaming prohibited

Land taken into trust under subsection (a) shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

March 12, 2024Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed