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[H.R. 423 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.423

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three


                                 An Act


 
To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust 
   for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission 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 ``Pala Band of Mission Indians Land 
Transfer Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR THE PALA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS.
    (a) Transfer and Administration.--
        (1) Transfer of lands into trust.--If, not later than 180 days 
    after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Tribe transfers 
    title to the land referred to in subsection (b) to the United 
    States, the Secretary, not later than 180 days after such transfer, 
    shall take that land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
        (2) Administration.--The land transferred under paragraph (1) 
    shall be part of the Pala Indian 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.
    (b) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection (a)(1) is 
the approximately 721.12 acres of land located in San Diego County, 
California, generally depicted as ``Gregory Canyon Property Boundary'' 
on the map titled ``Pala Gregory Canyon Property Boundary and 
Parcels''.
    (c) 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 that is 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; or
        (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.
    (d) Restricted Use of Transferred Lands.--The Tribe may not 
conduct, on the land taken into trust for the Tribe pursuant to this 
Act, gaming activities--
        (1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; or
        (2) under any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming 
    Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and regulations promulgated 
    by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission under 
    that Act.
    (e) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
        (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (2) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Pala Band of Mission 
    Indians.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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