[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8509-S8510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4817. Ms. SINEMA 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. ____. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF THE GILA 
                   RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Blackwater trading post land.--The term ``Blackwater 
     Trading Post Land'' means the approximately 55.3 acres of 
     land as depicted on the map that--
       (A) is located in Pinal County, Arizona, and bordered by 
     Community land to the east, west, and north and State Highway 
     87 to the south; and
       (B) is owned by the Community.
       (2) Community.--The term ``Community'' means the Gila River 
     Indian Community of the Reservation.
       (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Results 
     of Survey, Ellis Property, A Portion of the West \1/2\ of 
     Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 7 East, Gila and Salt 
     River Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona'' and dated October 15, 
     2012.
       (4) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the land 
     located within the exterior boundaries of the reservation 
     created under sections 3 and 4 of the Act of February 28, 
     1859 (11 Stat. 401, chapter LXVI), and Executive orders of 
     August 31, 1876, June 14, 1879,

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     May 5, 1882, November 15, 1883, July 31, 1911, June 2, 1913, 
     August 27, 1914, and July 19, 1915, and any other lands 
     placed in trust for the benefit of the Community.
       (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (b) Land Taken Into Trust for Benefit of the Gila River 
     Indian Community.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall take the Blackwater 
     Trading Post Land into trust for the benefit of the 
     Community, after the Community--
       (A) conveys to the Secretary all right, title, and interest 
     of the Community in and to the Blackwater Trading Post Land;
       (B) submits to the Secretary a request to take the 
     Blackwater Trading Post Land into trust for the benefit of 
     the Community;
       (C) conducts a survey (to the satisfaction of the 
     Secretary) to determine the exact acreage and legal 
     description of the Blackwater Trading Post Land, if the 
     Secretary determines a survey is necessary; and
       (D) pays all costs of any survey conducted under 
     subparagraph (C).
       (2) Availability of map.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     Blackwater Trading Post Land is taken into trust under 
     paragraph (1), the map shall be on file and available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
     Secretary.
       (3) Lands taken into trust part of reservation.--After the 
     date on which the Blackwater Trading Post Land is taken into 
     trust under paragraph (1), the land shall be treated as part 
     of the Reservation.
       (4) Gaming.--Class II and class III gaming under the Indian 
     Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) shall not be 
     allowed at any time on the land taken into trust under 
     paragraph (1).
       (5) Description.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cause the full 
     metes-and-bounds description of the Blackwater Trading Post 
     Land to be published in the Federal Register. The description 
     shall, on publication, constitute the official description of 
     the Blackwater Trading Post Land.
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