[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5860. Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Kelly) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. OLD PASCUA COMMUNITY LAND ACQUISITION.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Compact-designated area.--The term ``Compact Designated 
     Area'' means the area south of West Grant Road, east of 
     Interstate 10, north of West Calle Adelanto, and west of 
     North 15th Avenue in the City of Tucson, Arizona, as provided 
     specifically in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe--State of Arizona 
     Amended and Restated Gaming Compact signed in 2021.
       (2) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Pascua Yaqui Tribe 
     of Arizona, a federally recognized Indian tribe.
       (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe''--
       (A) means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other 
     organized group or community, including any Alaska Native 
     village that is recognized as eligible for the special 
     programs and services provided by the United States to 
     Indians because of their status as Indians; and
       (B) does not include any Alaska Native regional or village 
     corporation.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (b) Land to Be Held in Trust.--Upon the request of the 
     Tribe, the Secretary shall accept and take into trust for the 
     benefit of the Tribe, subject to all valid existing rights, 
     any land within the Compact-Designated Area that is owned by 
     the Tribe.
       (c) Application of Current Law.--Gaming conducted by the 
     Tribe in the Compact-Designated Area shall be subject to--
       (1) the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 
     seq.); and
       (2) sections 1166 through 1168 of title 18, United States 
     Code.
       (d) Reaffirmation of Status and Actions.--
       (1) Administration.--Land placed into trust pursuant to 
     this section shall--
       (A) be a part of the Pascua Yaqui 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 on 
     September 18, 1978.
       (2) Rules of construction.--Nothing in this section shall--
       (A) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim 
     of the Tribe 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 Tribe 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 Tribe to seek to 
     have additional land taken into trust by the United States 
     for the benefit of the Tribe.
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