[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 206 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S6011]
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   PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS LAND INTO TRUST CONFIRMATION ACT OF 2023

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 273, S. 382.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 382) to take certain land in the State of 
     Washington into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe 
     of the Puyallup Reservation, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I further ask consent that the bill be considered read a 
third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 382) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 382

       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 ``Puyallup Tribe of Indians 
     Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 
                   PUYALLUP TRIBE OF THE PUYALLUP RESERVATION.

       (a) In General.--The approximately 17.264 acres of land 
     owned in fee by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 
     Reservation in Pierce County, Washington, and described in 
     subsection (b) is hereby taken into trust by the United 
     States for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 
     Reservation.
       (b) Land Descriptions.--
       (1) Parcel 1.--Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, Block 85, Map of 
     Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and platted by the Board of 
     Appraisers of Tide and Shore Lands for Pierce County, 
     according to Plat filed for record on September 14, 1895, in 
     the Office of the County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, 
     Washington.
       (2) Parcel 2.--Lots 5 to 9, inclusive, Block 85, Map of 
     Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and platted by the Board of 
     Appraisers of Tide and Shore Lands for Pierce County, 
     according to Plat filed for record on September 14, 1895, in 
     the Office of the County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, 
     Washington.
       (3) Parcel 3.--Parcel A of City of Tacoma Boundary Line 
     Adjustment MPD2011-40000166230, recorded October 12, 2011, 
     under Pierce County Auditor Recording No. 201110125009, as 
     corrected by Affidavit of Minor Correction of Map Recorded 
     September 25, 2012, under Pierce County Auditor Recording No. 
     201209250440.
       (c) Administration.--Land taken into trust under subsection 
     (a) shall be--
       (1) part of the Reservation of the Puyallup Tribe of the 
     Puyallup Reservation; 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.
       (d) Environmental Liability.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the United States shall not be liable for 
     any environmental contamination that occurred on the land 
     described in subsection (b) on or before the date on which 
     that land is taken into trust under subsection (a).
       (e) Gaming Prohibited.--Land taken into trust under 
     subsection (a) shall not be used for any class II gaming or 
     class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
     U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are defined in section 4 
     of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

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