[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 4445 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4445


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2010

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend Public Law 95-232 to repeal a restriction on treating as 
 Indian country certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos in New 
                                Mexico.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 
Clarification Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON TREATING AS INDIAN COUNTRY CERTAIN 
              LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR INDIAN PUEBLOS IN NEW MEXICO.

    Public Law 95-232 is amended in the first section in subsection (b) 
by striking ``However, such property shall not be `Indian country' as 
defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON GAMING.

    Public Law 95-232 is amended in the first section by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(e) Prohibition on Gaming.--Gaming, as defined and regulated by 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), shall be 
prohibited on land held in trust pursuant to subsection (b).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 30, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.