[113th Congress Public Law 179]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 113-179
113th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit 
  of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians, and for 
         other purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 26, 2014 -  [S. 1603]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Gun Lake Trust 
Land Reaffirmation Act.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation 
Act''.
SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF INDIAN TRUST LAND.

    (a) In General.--The land taken into trust by the United States for 
the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians 
and described in the final Notice of Determination of the Department of 
the Interior (70 Fed. Reg. 25596 (May 13, 2005)) is reaffirmed as trust 
land, and the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in taking that 
land into trust are ratified and confirmed.
    (b) No Claims.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
action (including an action pending in a Federal court as of the date of 
enactment of this Act) relating to the land described in subsection (a) 
shall not be filed or maintained in a Federal court and shall be 
promptly dismissed.
    (c) Retention of Future Rights.--Nothing in this Act alters or 
diminishes the right of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band

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of Pottawatomi Indians from seeking to have any additional land taken 
into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Band.

    Approved September 26, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1603:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113-590 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 113-194 (Comm. on Indian Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
            June 19, considered and passed Senate.
            Sept. 15, 16, considered and passed House.

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