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4	3		STSESSION H. R. 165
5		-	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary
6		-	for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux
7		-	Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
8		-	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9		-	JANUARY3, 2025
10		-	Mr. J
11		-	OHNSONof South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was
12		-	referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
13		-	A BILL
	4	+	AN ACT
14	5		To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions
15	6		necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee
16	7		status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River
17	8		Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
18	9		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Knee Mas-4
22		-	sacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act’’. 5
23		-	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
24		-	In this Act: 7
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28		-	(1) RESTRICTED FEE STATUS .—The term ‘‘re-1
29		-	stricted fee status’’ means a status in which the 2
30		-	Tribal land— 3
31		-	(A) shall continue to be owned by the 4
32		-	Tribes; 5
33		-	(B) shall be part of the Pine Ridge Indian 6
34		-	Reservation and expressly made subject to the 7
35		-	civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Oglala 8
36		-	Sioux Tribe; 9
37		-	(C) shall not be transferred without the 10
38		-	consent of Congress and the Tribes; 11
39		-	(D) shall not be subject to taxation by a 12
40		-	State or local government; and 13
41		-	(E) shall not be subject to any provision of 14
42		-	law providing for the review or approval by the 15
43		-	Secretary of the Interior before the Tribes may 16
44		-	use the land for any purpose as allowed by the 17
45		-	document titled ‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala 18
46		-	Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux 19
47		-	Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 2022, directly, or 20
48		-	through agreement with another party. 21
49		-	(2) S
50		-	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 22
51		-	the Secretary of the Interior. 23
	10	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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	12	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	13	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Knee Mas-2
	14	+	sacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act’’. 3
	15	+	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 4
	16	+	In this Act: 5
	17	+	(1) R
	18	+	ESTRICTED FEE STATUS .—The term ‘‘re-6
	19	+	stricted fee status’’ means a status in which the 7
	20	+	Tribal land— 8
	21	+	(A) shall continue to be owned by the 9
	22	+	Tribes; 10
	23	+	(B) shall be part of the Pine Ridge Indian 11
	24	+	Reservation and expressly made subject to the 12
	25	+	civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Oglala 13
	26	+	Sioux Tribe; 14
	27	+	(C) shall not be transferred without the 15
	28	+	consent of Congress and the Tribes; 16
	29	+	(D) shall not be subject to taxation by a 17
	30	+	State or local government; and 18
	31	+	(E) shall not be subject to any provision of 19
	32	+	law providing for the review or approval by the 20
	33	+	Secretary of the Interior before the Tribes may 21
	34	+	use the land for any purpose as allowed by the 22
	35	+	document titled ‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala 23
	36	+	Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux 24
	37	+	Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 2022, directly, or 25
	38	+	through agreement with another party. 26 3
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	40	+	(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1
	41	+	the Secretary of the Interior. 2
52	42		(3) T
53		-	RIBAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Tribal land’’ 24
54		-	means the approximately 40 acres (including the 25
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58		-	surface and subsurface estate, and mineral estate, 1
59		-	and any and all improvements, structures, and per-2
60		-	sonal property on those acres) on the Pine Ridge In-3
61		-	dian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, at Rural 4
62		-	County Road 4, Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and 5
63		-	generally depicted as ‘‘Area of Interest’’ on the map 6
64		-	entitled ‘‘Wounded Knee Sacred Site and Memorial 7
65		-	Land’’ and dated October 26, 2022, which is a seg-8
66		-	ment of the December 29, 1890, Wounded Knee 9
67		-	Massacre site. 10
	43	+	RIBAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Tribal land’’ 3
	44	+	means the approximately 40 acres (including the 4
	45	+	surface and subsurface estate, and mineral estate, 5
	46	+	and any and all improvements, structures, and per-6
	47	+	sonal property on those acres) on the Pine Ridge In-7
	48	+	dian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, at Rural 8
	49	+	County Road 4, Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and 9
	50	+	generally depicted as ‘‘Area of Interest’’ on the map 10
	51	+	entitled ‘‘Wounded Knee Sacred Site and Memorial 11
	52	+	Land’’ and dated October 26, 2022, which is a seg-12
	53	+	ment of the December 29, 1890, Wounded Knee 13
	54	+	Massacre site. 14
68	55		(4) T
69		-	RIBES.—The term ‘‘Tribes’’ means the 11
70		-	Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 12
71		-	of the Cheyenne River Reservation, both tribes being 13
72		-	among the constituent tribes of the Great Sioux Na-14
73		-	tion and signatories to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 15
74		-	1868 between the United States of America and the 16
75		-	Great Sioux Nation, 15 Stat. 635. 17
76		-	SEC. 3. LAND HELD IN RESTRICTED FEE STATUS BY THE 18
77		-	TRIBES. 19
	56	+	RIBES.—The term ‘‘Tribes’’ means the 15
	57	+	Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 16
	58	+	of the Cheyenne River Reservation, both tribes being 17
	59	+	among the constituent tribes of the Great Sioux Na-18
	60	+	tion and signatories to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 19
	61	+	1868 between the United States of America and the 20
	62	+	Great Sioux Nation, 15 Stat. 635. 21
	63	+	SEC. 3. LAND HELD IN RESTRICTED FEE STATUS BY THE 22
	64	+	TRIBES. 23
78	65		(a) A
79		-	CTION BYSECRETARY.—Not later than 365 20
80		-	days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 21
81		-	(1) complete all actions, including documenta-22
82		-	tion and minor corrections to the survey and legal 23
83		-	description of Tribal land, necessary for the Tribal 24
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87		-	land to be held by the Tribes in restricted fee status; 1
88		-	and 2
89		-	(2) appropriately assign each applicable private 3
90		-	and municipal utility and service right or agreement 4
91		-	with regard to the Tribal land. 5
	66	+	CTION BYSECRETARY.—Not later than 365 24
	67	+	days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 25 4
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	69	+	(1) complete all actions, including documenta-1
	70	+	tion and minor corrections to the survey and legal 2
	71	+	description of Tribal land, necessary for the Tribal 3
	72	+	land to be held by the Tribes in restricted fee status; 4
	73	+	and 5
	74	+	(2) appropriately assign each applicable private 6
	75	+	and municipal utility and service right or agreement 7
	76	+	with regard to the Tribal land. 8
92	77		(b) C
93		-	ONDITIONS.— 6
	78	+	ONDITIONS.— 9
94	79		(1) F
95		-	EDERAL LAWS RELATING TO INDIAN 7
96		-	LAND.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 8
97		-	the Tribal land shall be subject to Federal laws re-9
98		-	lating to Indian country, as defined by section 1151 10
99		-	of title 18, United States Code and protected by the 11
100		-	restriction against alienation in section 177 of title 12
101		-	25, United States Code. 13
	80	+	EDERAL LAWS RELATING TO INDIAN 10
	81	+	LAND.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 11
	82	+	the Tribal land shall be subject to Federal laws re-12
	83	+	lating to Indian country, as defined by section 1151 13
	84	+	of title 18, United States Code and protected by the 14
	85	+	restriction against alienation in section 177 of title 15
	86	+	25, United States Code. 16
102	87		(2) U
103		-	SE OF LAND.—The Tribal land shall be 14
104		-	used for the purposes allowed by the document titled 15
105		-	‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the 16
106		-	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 17
107		-	2022. 18
	88	+	SE OF LAND.—The Tribal land shall be 17
	89	+	used for the purposes allowed by the document titled 18
	90	+	‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the 19
	91	+	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 20
	92	+	2022. 21
108	93		(3) E
109		-	NCUMBRANCES AND AGREEMENTS .—The 19
110		-	Tribal land shall remain subject to any private or 20
111		-	municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restriction, 21
112		-	easement of record, or utility service agreement in 22
113		-	effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 23
	94	+	NCUMBRANCES AND AGREEMENTS .—The 22
	95	+	Tribal land shall remain subject to any private or 23
	96	+	municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restriction, 24 5
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	98	+	easement of record, or utility service agreement in 1
	99	+	effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 2
114	100		(4) G
115		-	AMING.—Pursuant to the document titled 24
116		-	‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the 25
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120		-	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 1
121		-	2022, the Tribal land shall not be used for gaming 2
122		-	activity under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 3
123		-	(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 4
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	101	+	AMING.—Pursuant to the document titled 3
	102	+	‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the 4
	103	+	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 5
	104	+	2022, the Tribal land shall not be used for gaming 6
	105	+	activity under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 7
	106	+	(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 8
	107	+	Passed the House of Representatives January 22,
	108	+	2025.
	109	+	Attest:
	110	+	Clerk. 119
	111	+	TH
	112	+	CONGRESS
	113	+	1
	114	+	ST
	115	+	S
	116	+	ESSION
	117	+
	118	+	H. R. 165
	119	+	AN ACT
	120	+	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete
	121	+	all actions necessary for certain land to be held
	122	+	in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe
	123	+	and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other
	124	+	purposes.