[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6696 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6696

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in 
  Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River 
               Indian Community, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2012

  Mr. Gosar (for himself and Mr. Schweikert) 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 take certain land located in 
  Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River 
               Indian Community, 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 ``The Blackwater Trading Post Land 
Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Blackwater trading post land.--The term ``Blackwater 
        Trading Post land'' means the approximately 50.3 acres of land 
        as depicted on the map that--
                    (A) is located in Pinal County, Arizona, and 
                bordered by Community land to the east, west, and north 
                and State Highway 87 to the south; and
                    (B) is owned by the Community.
            (2) Community.--The term ``Community'' means the Gila River 
        Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Results 
        of Survey, Ellis Property, A Portion of the West \1/2\ of 
        Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 7 East, Gila and Salt River 
        Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona'' and dated October 15, 2012.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF THE GILA RIVER INDIAN 
              COMMUNITY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall take the Blackwater Trading 
Post land into trust for the benefit of the Community after the 
Community--
            (1) conveys to the Secretary all right, title, and interest 
        of the Community in and to the Blackwater Trading Post land;
            (2) submits to the Secretary a request to take the 
        Blackwater Trading Post land into trust for the benefit of the 
        Community;
            (3) if the Secretary determines a survey is necessary, 
        conducts a survey (to the satisfaction of the Secretary) to 
        determine the exact acreage and legal description of the 
        Blackwater Trading Post land; and
            (4) pays the cost of any survey conducted under paragraph 
        (3).
    (b) Availability of Map.--Not later than 180 days after the 
Blackwater Trading Post land is taken into trust under subsection (a), 
the map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the Department of the Interior.
    (c) Lands Taken Into Trust Part of Reservation.--After the date on 
which the Blackwater Trading Post land is taken into trust under 
subsection (a), the land shall be treated as part of the Gila River 
Indian Reservation.
    (d) Limitation on Liability of United States.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the United States shall not incur any liability 
for the conditions on the Blackwater Trading Post land on the date 
before the date on which such land is taken into trust under subsection 
(a).
    (e) Gaming.--Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Community may not 
conduct gaming activities on the Blackwater Trading Post land, as a 
matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any 
Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.) or under any regulations thereunder promulgated by the 
Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission.
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