[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 478 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.478
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two
An Act
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 ``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 55.3 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 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) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the land
located within the exterior boundaries of the reservation created
under sections 3 and 4 of the Act of February 28, 1859 (11 Stat.
401, chapter LXVI), and Executive orders of August 31, 1876, June
14, 1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 1883, July 31, 1911, June 2,
1913, August 27, 1914, and July 19, 1915, and any other lands
placed in trust for the benefit of the Community.
(5) 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) conducts a survey (to the satisfaction of the Secretary) to
determine the exact acreage and legal description of the Blackwater
Trading Post Land, if the Secretary determines a survey is
necessary; and
(4) pays all costs 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 Secretary.
(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 Reservation.
(d) Gaming.--Class II and class III gaming under the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) shall not be allowed at any
time on the land taken into trust under subsection (a).
(e) Description.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cause the full metes-and-
bounds description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land to be published
in the Federal Register. The description shall, on publication,
constitute the official description of the Blackwater Trading Post
Land.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.