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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2388
To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for
the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH26, 2025
Ms. R
ANDALLintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington
into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, 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 ‘‘Lower Elwha Klallam 4
Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE LOWER ELWHA 6
KLALLAM TRIBE. 7
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
(1) R
ESERVATION.—The term ‘‘Reservation’’ 9
means the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation, also 10
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known as the Lower Elwha Reservation, located in 1
the State of Washington. 2
(2) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3
the Secretary of the Interior. 4
(3) T
RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 5
Lower Elwha Tribal Community, also known as the 6
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, located in the State of 7
Washington. 8
(b) L
ANDHELD INTRUST.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to all valid existing 10
rights of the United States, the approximately 11
1,082.63 acres of Federal land generally depicted as 12
‘‘NPS Parcels to be Transferred to Tribe’’ on the 13
map entitled ‘‘Olympic National Park Proposed 14
Transfer of Elwha Lands’’, numbered 149/178020, 15
and dated December 2021 is hereby taken into and 16
held in trust by the United States for the benefit of 17
the Tribe. 18
(2) I
NCLUSION IN RESERVATION .—The land 19
taken into trust under paragraph (1) shall be part 20
of the Reservation. 21
(3) L
AW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN LAND .—The 22
land taken into trust under paragraph (1) shall not 23
be subject to any requirements for valuation, ap-24
praisal, or equalization under any Federal law. 25
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(c) LANDMANAGEMENT.—Of the land taken into 1
and held in trust under subsection (b)(1), the portion of 2
the Elwha River subject to section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha 3
River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act (Public 4
Law 102–495; 106 Stat. 3175) shall be managed in ac-5
cordance with subsection (b) of the first section of the 6
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271), except for 7
necessary modifications under section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha 8
River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act (Public 9
Law 102–495; 106 Stat. 3175). 10
(d) M
AP ANDSURVEY.— 11
(1) B
OUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ; SURVEY.—As 12
soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 13
this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a survey to de-14
fine the boundaries of the land taken into and held 15
in trust under subsection (b)(1). 16
(2) A
DJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may— 17
(A) make minor boundary adjustments to 18
the land taken into and held in trust under sub-19
section (b)(1); and 20
(B) correct any minor errors in any map, 21
acreage estimate, or description of that land. 22
(e) G
AMINGPROHIBITION.—No land taken into and 23
held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe under this section 24
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shall be considered Indian lands for the purpose of the 1
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 2
SEC. 3. NO IMPACT ON TREATY RIGHTS. 3
Nothing in this Act affects treaty rights under the 4
Treaty between the United States of America and the 5
S’Klallams Indians, concluded at Point no Point, Wash-6
ington Territory, January 26, 1855 (12 Stat. 933) (com-7
monly known as the ‘‘Treaty of Point No Point’’). 8
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