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Calendar No. 31
118THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION S. 277
[Report No. 118–2]
To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust
for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY7, 2023
Mr. P
ADILLAintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Indian Affairs
M
ARCH21, 2023
Reported by Mr. S
CHATZ, without amendment
A BILL
To take certain land located in San Diego County, California,
into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission
Indians, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pala Band of Mission 4
Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST FOR THE PALA 1
BAND OF MISSION INDIANS. 2
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
(1) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4
the Secretary of the Interior. 5
(2) T
RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Pala 6
Band of Mission Indians. 7
(b) T
RANSFER ANDADMINISTRATION.— 8
(1) T
RANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST .—If, not 9
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 10
this Act, the Tribe transfers title to the land re-11
ferred to in subsection (c) to the United States, the 12
Secretary, not later than 180 days after the date of 13
that transfer, shall take that land into trust for the 14
benefit of the Tribe. 15
(2) A
DMINISTRATION.—The land taken into 16
trust under paragraph (1) shall be part of the Pala 17
Indian Reservation and administered in accordance 18
with the laws and regulations generally applicable to 19
land held in trust by the United States for an Indian 20
Tribe. 21
(c) L
ANDDESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in 22
subsection (b)(1) is the approximately 721.12 acres of 23
land located in San Diego County, California, generally 24
depicted as ‘‘Gregory Canyon Property Boundary’’ on the 25
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map entitled ‘‘Pala Gregory Canyon Property Boundary 1
and Parcels’’ and dated May 12, 2020. 2
(d) R
ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-3
tion— 4
(1) enlarges, impairs, or otherwise affects any 5
right or claim of the Tribe to any land or interest 6
in land that is in existence before the date of enact-7
ment of this Act; 8
(2) affects any water right of the Tribe in exist-9
ence before the date of enactment of this Act; or 10
(3) terminates or limits any access in any way 11
to any right-of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, 12
or permitted before the date of enactment of this 13
Act. 14
(e) R
ESTRICTEDUSE OFTRANSFERREDLANDS.— 15
The Tribe may not conduct, on the land taken into trust 16
under subsection (b)(1), gaming activities— 17
(1) as a matter of claimed inherent authority; 18
or 19
(2) under any Federal law, including the Indian 20
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) 21
and regulations promulgated by the Secretary or the 22
National Indian Gaming Commission under that 23
Act. 24
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118
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
S. 277
[Report No. 118–2]
A BILL
To take certain land located in San Diego County,
California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala
Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
M
ARCH
21, 2023
Reported without amendment
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