[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2656 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2656

To amend the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act to give the Secretary of 
       the Interior discretion regarding taking land into trust.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2003

Ms. Woolsey (for herself and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act to give the Secretary of 
       the Interior discretion regarding taking land into trust.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO GIVE SECRETARY AND STATE DISCRETION CONCERNING 
              TRUST LANDS.

    (a) Review.--Section 1404 of the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act 
(25 U.S.C. 1300n-2) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) Review.--No land taken into trust for the benefit of the 
Tribe shall be construed to satisfy the terms for an exception under 
section 20(b)(1)(B) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2719(b)(1)(B)) to the prohibition on gaming on lands acquired by the 
Secretary in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after October 17, 
1988, under section 20(a) of such Act (25 U.S.C. 2719(a)).''.
    (b) Land Into Trust.--Section 1405(a) of the Graton Rancheria 
Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 1300n-3(a)) is amended by striking ``shall'' 
and inserting ``may''.
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