[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3273 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3273

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2021

 Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To take certain land in the State of 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. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AGUA 
              CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS.

    (a) In General.--The approximately 2,560 acres of land owned by the 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians generally depicted as ``Lands to 
be Taken into Trust'' on the map entitled ``Agua Caliente Band of 
Cahuilla Indians Land to be Taken into Trust'' and dated November 17, 
2021, is hereby taken into trust by the United States for the benefit 
of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
    (b) Administration.--Land taken into trust by subsection (a) shall 
be--
            (1) part of the reservation of the Agua Caliente Band of 
        Cahuilla Indians; and
            (2) administered in accordance with the laws and 
        regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by 
        the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe.
    (c) Gaming Prohibited.--Land taken into trust by subsection (a) 
shall not be eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
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