[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5992 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5992

   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to place certain lands in 
  Skagit and San Juan Counties, Washington, into trust for the Samish 
                 Indian Nation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2012

   Mr. Larsen of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Interior to place certain lands in 
  Skagit and San Juan Counties, Washington, into trust for the Samish 
                 Indian Nation, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Samish Indian Nation Homelands Act 
of 2012''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Parcels.--The term ``parcels'' means the 16 parcels of 
approximately 95 acres of land owned by the Tribe, located in Skagit 
County and San Juan County, Washington, and depicted on the Map.
    (b) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map titled ``the Samish Indian 
Nation Homeland Map'' dated June 20, 2012.
    (c) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
Interior.
    (d) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Samish Indian Nation, a 
federally recognized Indian Tribe.

SEC. 3. LAND INTO TRUST.

    (a) Action by the Secretary of the Interior.--
            (1) Fulfillment of conditions.--On fulfillment of each 
        condition described in paragraph (2), and in accordance with 
        the regulations of the Department of the Interior for 
        implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) that are applicable to trust land 
        acquisitions for Indian tribes that are mandated by Federal 
        legislation, the Secretary shall take the land described in the 
        Map into trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
            (2) Conditions.--The conditions referred to in paragraph 
        (1) are that the Tribe shall--
                    (A) convey to the Secretary all right, title, and 
                interest in and to the parcels of land described in the 
                Map; and
                    (B) submit to the Secretary a request to take the 
                parcels of land described in the Map into trust for the 
                Tribe.
    (b) Survey.--
            (1) Responsibility for survey.--The Tribe shall conduct a 
        survey of the boundaries of the parcels described in the Map 
        and designated for the Tribe and submit the survey to the 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (2) Approval of survey.--
                    (A) Not later than 90 days after the date on which 
                the survey is submitted under this subsection, the 
                Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall complete 
                a review of the survey, and provide the Tribe with 
                notice of concurrence of the survey.
                    (B) Not later than 120 days after the date on which 
                concurrence is provided to the Tribe, the Secretary 
                shall submit a copy of the survey to the appropriate 
                Committees of Congress, and make the survey available 
                to the public at the appropriate office of the 
                Secretary.
    (c) Effect of Act.--Nothing in this Act limits the existing rights 
or claims of the Samish Indian Nation.

SEC. 4. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND GATHERING.

    This Act shall not grant, restore, or diminish any hunting, 
fishing, trapping or gathering treaty right of any tribe.

SEC. 5. GAMING PROHIBITION.

    The Tribe may not conduct on any land taken into trust pursuant to 
this Act any gaming activities--
            (1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; or
            (2) under any Federal law (including the Indian Gaming 
        Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (including any 
        regulations promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian 
        Gaming Commission pursuant to that Act)).
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