S.Amdt. 594

SA 594. Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. 10__. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST FOR THE PALA BAND OF
MISSION INDIANS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(2) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Pala Band of
Mission Indians.
(b) Transfer and Administration.--
(1) Transfer of land into trust.--If, not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Tribe
transfers title to the land referred to in subsection (c) to
the United States, the Secretary, not later than 180 days
after the date of that transfer, shall take that land into
trust for the benefit of the Tribe.
(2) Administration.--The land taken into trust under
paragraph (1) shall be part of the Pala Indian 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.
(c) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection
(b)(1) is the approximately 721.12 acres of land located in
San Diego County, California, generally depicted as ``Gregory
Canyon Property Boundary'' on the map entitled ``Pala Gregory
Canyon Property Boundary and Parcels'' and dated May 12,
2020.
(d) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section--
(1) enlarges, impairs, or otherwise affects any right or
claim of the Tribe to any land or interest in land that is in
existence before the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) affects any water right of the Tribe in existence
before the date of enactment of this Act; or
(3) terminates or limits any access in any way to any
right-of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or permitted
before the date of enactment of this Act.
(e) Restricted Use of Transferred Lands.--The Tribe may not
conduct, on the land taken into trust under subsection
(b)(1), gaming activities--
(1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; or
(2) under any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and regulations
promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming
Commission under that Act.
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