[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4447. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Schumer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. CATAWBA INDIAN NATION LANDS.

       (a) Application of Current Law.--
       (1) Lands in south carolina.--Section 14 of the Catawba 
     Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims Settlement Act of 1993 
     (Public Law 103-116) shall only apply to gaming conducted by 
     the Catawba Indian Nation on lands located in South Carolina.
       (2) Lands in states other than south carolina.--Gaming 
     conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation on lands located in 
     States other than South Carolina shall be subject to the 
     Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and 
     sections 1166 through 1168 of title 18, United States Code.
       (b) Reaffirmation of Status and Actions.--
       (1) Ratification of trust status.--The action taken by the 
     Secretary on July 10, 2020, to place approximately 17 acres 
     of land located in Cleveland County, North Carolina, into 
     trust for the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation is hereby 
     ratified and confirmed as if that action had been taken under 
     a Federal law specifically authorizing or directing that 
     action.
       (2) Administration.--The land placed into trust for the 
     benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation by the Secretary on July 
     10, 2020, shall--
       (A) be a part of the Catawba 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
       (B) be deemed to have been acquired and taken into trust as 
     part of the restoration of lands for an Indian tribe that is 
     restored to Federal recognition pursuant to section 
     20(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
     U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(B)(iii)).
       (3) Rules of construction.--Nothing in this section shall--
       (A) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim 
     of the Catawba Indian Nation to any land or interest in land 
     in existence before the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (B) affect any water right of the Catawba Indian Nation in 
     existence before the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (C) 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
       (D) alter or diminish the right of the Catawba Indian 
     Nation to seek to have additional land taken into trust by 
     the United States for the benefit of the Catawba Indian 
     Nation.
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