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[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.