S.Amdt. 4404

SA 4404. Mr. KELLY 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, 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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