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[H.R. 4881 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4881

                    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 into trust for the 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, 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 ``Old Pascua Community Land 
Acquisition Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act:
        (1) Compact-designated area.--The term ``Compact Designated 
    Area'' means the area south of West Grant Road, east of Interstate 
    10, north of West Calle Adelanto, and west of North 15th Avenue in 
    the City of Tucson, Arizona, as provided specifically in the Pascua 
    Yaqui Tribe--State of Arizona Amended and Restated Gaming Compact 
    signed in 2021.
        (2) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of 
    Arizona, a federally recognized Indian tribe.
        (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe''--
            (A) means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other 
        organized group or community, including any Alaska Native 
        village that is recognized as eligible for the special programs 
        and services provided by the United States to Indians because 
        of their status as Indians; and
            (B) does not include any Alaska Native regional or village 
        corporation.
        (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
SEC. 3. LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
    Upon the request of the Tribe, the Secretary shall accept and take 
into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, subject to all valid existing 
rights, any land within the Compact-Designated Area that is owned by 
Tribe.
SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF CURRENT LAW.
    Gaming conducted by the Tribe in the Compact-Designated Area shall 
be subject to--
        (1) the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.); 
    and
        (2) sections 1166 through 1168 of title 18, United States Code.
SEC. 5. REAFFIRMATION OF STATUS AND ACTIONS.
    (a) Administration.--Land placed into trust pursuant to this Act 
shall--
        (1) be a part of the Pascua Yaqui Reservation and administered 
    in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to 
    land held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe; and
        (2) be deemed to have been acquired and taken into trust on 
    September 18, 1978.
    (b) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall--
        (1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim of 
    the Tribe to any land or interest in land in existence before the 
    date of the enactment of this Act;
        (2) affect any water right of the Tribe in existence before the 
    date of the enactment of this Act;
        (3) terminate or limit any access in any way to any right-of-
    way or right-of-use issued, granted, or permitted before the date 
    of the enactment of this Act; or
        (4) alter or diminish the right of the Tribe to seek to have 
    additional land taken into trust by the United States for the 
    benefit of the Tribe.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.