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	1	+	118THCONGRESS
	2	+	1
	3	+	STSESSION H. R. 423
	4	+	AN ACT
	5	+	To take certain land located in San Diego County, California,
	6	+	into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission
	7	+	Indians, and for other purposes.
	8	+	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
	9	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
	10	+	•HR 423 EH
	11	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	12	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pala Band of Mission 2
	13	+	Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023’’. 3
	14	+	SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR THE PALA BAND 4
	15	+	OF MISSION INDIANS. 5
	16	+	(a) T
	17	+	RANSFER ANDADMINISTRATION.— 6
	18	+	(1) T
	19	+	RANSFER OF LANDS INTO TRUST .—If, not 7
	20	+	later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 8
	21	+	of this Act, the Tribe transfers title to the land re-9
	22	+	ferred to in subsection (b) to the United States, the 10
	23	+	Secretary, not later than 180 days after such trans-11
	24	+	fer, shall take that land into trust for the benefit of 12
	25	+	the Tribe. 13
	26	+	(2) A
	27	+	DMINISTRATION.—The land transferred 14
	28	+	under paragraph (1) shall be part of the Pala Indian 15
	29	+	Reservation and administered in accordance with the 16
	30	+	laws and regulations generally applicable to land 17
	31	+	held in trust by the United States for an Indian 18
	32	+	Tribe. 19
	33	+	(b) L
	34	+	ANDDESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in 20
	35	+	subsection (a)(1) is the approximately 721.12 acres of 21
	36	+	land located in San Diego County, California, generally 22
	37	+	depicted as ‘‘Gregory Canyon Property Boundary’’ on the 23
	38	+	map titled ‘‘Pala Gregory Canyon Property Boundary and 24
	39	+	Parcels’’. 25 3
	40	+	•HR 423 EH
	41	+	(c) RULES OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 1
	42	+	shall— 2
	43	+	(1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 3
	44	+	right or claim of the Tribe to any land or interest 4
	45	+	in land that is in existence before the date of the en-5
	46	+	actment of this Act; 6
	47	+	(2) affect any water right of the Tribe in exist-7
	48	+	ence before the date of the enactment of this Act; 8
	49	+	or 9
	50	+	(3) terminate or limit any access in any way to 10
	51	+	any right-of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or 11
	52	+	permitted before the date of the enactment of this 12
	53	+	Act. 13
	54	+	(d) R
	55	+	ESTRICTEDUSE OFTRANSFERREDLANDS.— 14
	56	+	The Tribe may not conduct, on the land taken into trust 15
	57	+	for the Tribe pursuant to this Act, gaming activities— 16
	58	+	(1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; 17
	59	+	or 18
	60	+	(2) under any Federal law, including the Indian 19
	61	+	Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) 20
	62	+	and regulations promulgated by the Secretary or the 21
	63	+	National Indian Gaming Commission under that 22
	64	+	Act. 23
	65	+	(e) D
	66	+	EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 24 4
	67	+	•HR 423 EH
	68	+	(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1
	69	+	the Secretary of the Interior. 2
	70	+	(2) T
	71	+	RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Pala 3
	72	+	Band of Mission Indians. 4
	73	+	Passed the House of Representatives February 6,
	74	+	2023.
	75	+	Attest:
	76	+	Clerk. 118
	77	+	TH
	78	+	CONGRESS
	79	+	1
	80	+	ST
	81	+	S
	82	+	ESSION
	83	+
1	84		H. R. 423
2		-	One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
3		-	of the
4		-	United States of America
5		-	AT THE FIRST SESSION
6		-	Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
7		-	the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three
8	85		AN ACT
9		-	To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the
10		-	benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
11		-	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
12		-	the United States of America in Congress assembled,
13		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
14		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pala Band of Mission Indians
15		-	Land Transfer Act of 2023’’.
16		-	SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND IN TRUST FOR THE PALA BAND OF MIS-
17		-	SION INDIANS.
18		-	(a) TRANSFER ANDADMINISTRATION.—
19		-	(1) T
20		-	RANSFER OF LANDS INTO TRUST .—If, not later than
21		-	180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
22		-	Tribe transfers title to the land referred to in subsection (b)
23		-	to the United States, the Secretary, not later than 180 days
24		-	after such transfer, shall take that land into trust for the
25		-	benefit of the Tribe.
26		-	(2) A
27		-	DMINISTRATION.—The land transferred under para-
28		-	graph (1) shall be part of the Pala Indian Reservation and
29		-	administered in accordance with the laws and regulations gen-
30		-	erally applicable to land held in trust by the United States
31		-	for an Indian Tribe.
32		-	(b) L
33		-	ANDDESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in subsection
34		-	(a)(1) is the approximately 721.12 acres of land located in San
35		-	Diego County, California, generally depicted as ‘‘Gregory Canyon
36		-	Property Boundary’’ on the map titled ‘‘Pala Gregory Canyon Prop-
37		-	erty Boundary and Parcels’’.
38		-	(c) R
39		-	ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall—
40		-	(1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any right or claim
41		-	of the Tribe to any land or interest in land that is in existence
42		-	before the date of the enactment of this Act;
43		-	(2) affect any water right of the Tribe in existence before
44		-	the date of the enactment of this Act; or
45		-	(3) terminate or limit any access in any way to any right-
46		-	of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or permitted before the
47		-	date of the enactment of this Act.
48		-	(d) R
49		-	ESTRICTEDUSE OFTRANSFERRED LANDS.—The Tribe may
50		-	not conduct, on the land taken into trust for the Tribe pursuant
51		-	to this Act, gaming activities—
52		-	(1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; or H. R. 423—2
53		-	(2) under any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming
54		-	Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and regulations promul-
55		-	gated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commis-
56		-	sion under that Act.
57		-	(e) D
58		-	EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
59		-	(1) S
60		-	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
61		-	of the Interior.
62		-	(2) T
63		-	RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Pala Band of Mis-
64		-	sion Indians.
65		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives.
66		-	Vice President of the United States and
67		-	President of the Senate.
	86	+	To take certain land located in San Diego County,
	87	+	California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala
	88	+	Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.