[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 897 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 897

 To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the 
    Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2021

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the 
    Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, 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 ``Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to 
Trust Confirmation Act''.

SEC. 2. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST.

    (a) In General.--The approximately 2,560 acres of land owned by the 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, numbered 16, 21, 27, and 29 and 
generally depicted as ``BLM Exchange Lands (2,560 Acres)'' on the map 
titled ``ACBCI/BLM LAND EXCHANGE'' is hereby taken into trust for the 
benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
    (b) Lands Part of Reservation.--Lands taken into trust by this 
section shall be part of the Tribe's reservation and shall be 
administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally 
applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian 
Tribe.
    (c) Gaming Prohibited.--Lands taken into trust by this section for 
the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall not be 
eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2701 et seq.).
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