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[S. 1967 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1967

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
  To make technical corrections to the status of certain land held in 
trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, to take certain land 
            into trust for that Band, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STATUS OF CERTAIN INDIAN LANDS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
        (1) all land taken in trust by the United States for the 
    benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians on or after 
    December 23, 1944, shall be part of the Mississippi Choctaw Indian 
    Reservation;
        (2) all land held in fee by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 
    Indians located within the boundaries of the State of Mississippi, 
    as shown in the report entitled ``Report of Fee Lands owned by the 
    Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians'', dated September 28, 1999, on 
    file in the Office of the Superintendent, Choctaw Agency, Bureau of 
    Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, is hereby declared to 
    be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the 
    Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and
        (3) land made part of the Mississippi Choctaw Indian 
    Reservation after December 23, 1944, shall not be considered to be 
    part of the ``initial reservation'' of the tribe for the purposes 
    of section 20(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
    U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(B)(ii)).
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to alter the application or the requirements of the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) with respect to any 
lands held by or for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 
Indians regardless of when such lands were acquired.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.