H.R. 897

Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act

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One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

At the Second Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two

H. R. 897

AN ACT

To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act.

2.

Lands to be taken into trust

(a)

In general

The approximately 2,560 acres of land owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians generally depicted as Lands to be Taken into Trust on the map entitled Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Land to be Taken into Trust and dated November 17, 2021, is hereby taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.

(b)

Lands part of reservation

Lands taken into trust by this section shall be part of the Tribe’s reservation and shall be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe.

(c)

Gaming prohibited

Lands taken into trust by this section for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians shall not be eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.