[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5608 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5608

    To take certain land in the State of Nevada into trust for the 
           Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

 Mr. Horsford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To take certain land in the State of Nevada into trust for the 
           Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, 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 ``Duckwater Shoshone Land Conveyance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled 
        ``Duckwater Reservation Expansion'', dated September 9, 2014, 
        and on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Duckwater Shoshone 
        Tribe.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE DUCKWATER SHOSHONE 
              TRIBE.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described 
in subsection (b) shall be--
            (1) held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
        the Tribe; and
            (2) part of the reservation of the Tribe.
    (b) Description of Land.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is 
the approximately 25,977 acres of land administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management as generally depicted on the map as ``Reservation 
Expansion Lands''.
    (c) Survey.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall complete a survey of the boundary lines 
to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust under 
subsection (a).
    (d) Use of Trust Land.--Land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
shall not be eligible for, or considered to have been taken into trust 
for the purpose of, class II gaming or class III gaming (as defined in 
section 270 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
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