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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 105
5	5	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary
6	6	for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux
7	7	Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY15, 2025
10	10	Mr. R
11	11	OUNDS(for himself and Mr. THUNE) introduced the following bill; which
12	12	was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions
15	15	necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee
16	16	status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River
17	17	Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Knee Mas-4
22	22	sacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
24	24	In this Act: 7
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27	27	•S 105 IS
28	28	(1) RESTRICTED FEE STATUS .—The term ‘‘re-1
29	29	stricted fee status’’ means a status in which the 2
30	30	Tribal land— 3
31	31	(A) shall continue to be owned by the 4
32	32	Tribes; 5
33	33	(B) shall be part of the Pine Ridge Indian 6
34	34	Reservation and expressly made subject to the 7
35	35	civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Oglala 8
36	36	Sioux Tribe; 9
37	37	(C) shall not be transferred without the 10
38	38	consent of Congress and the Tribes; 11
39	39	(D) shall not be subject to taxation by a 12
40	40	State or local government; and 13
41	41	(E) shall not be subject to any provision of 14
42	42	law providing for the review or approval by the 15
43	43	Secretary of the Interior before the Tribes may 16
44	44	use the land for any purpose as allowed by the 17
45	45	document titled ‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala 18
46	46	Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux 19
47	47	Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 2022, directly, or 20
48	48	through agreement with another party. 21
49	49	(2) S
50	50	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 22
51	51	the Secretary of the Interior. 23
52	52	(3) T
53	53	RIBAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Tribal land’’ 24
54	54	means the approximately 40 acres (including the 25
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57	57	•S 105 IS
58	58	surface and subsurface estate, and mineral estate, 1
59	59	and any and all improvements, structures, and per-2
60	60	sonal property on those acres) on the Pine Ridge In-3
61	61	dian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, at Rural 4
62	62	County Road 4, Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and 5
63	63	generally depicted as ‘‘Area of Interest’’ on the map 6
64	64	entitled ‘‘Wounded Knee Sacred Site and Memorial 7
65	65	Land’’ and dated October 26, 2022, which is a seg-8
66	66	ment of the December 29, 1890, Wounded Knee 9
67	67	Massacre site. 10
68	68	(4) T
69	69	RIBES.—The term ‘‘Tribes’’ means the 11
70	70	Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 12
71	71	of the Cheyenne River Reservation, both tribes being 13
72	72	among the constituent tribes of the Great Sioux Na-14
73	73	tion and signatories to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 15
74	74	1868 between the United States of America and the 16
75	75	Great Sioux Nation, 15 Stat. 635. 17
76	76	SEC. 3. LAND HELD IN RESTRICTED FEE STATUS BY THE 18
77	77	TRIBES. 19
78	78	(a) A
79	79	CTION BYSECRETARY.—Not later than 365 20
80	80	days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 21
81	81	(1) complete all actions, including documenta-22
82	82	tion and minor corrections to the survey and legal 23
83	83	description of Tribal land, necessary for the Tribal 24
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86	86	•S 105 IS
87	87	land to be held by the Tribes in restricted fee status; 1
88	88	and 2
89	89	(2) appropriately assign each applicable private 3
90	90	and municipal utility and service right or agreement 4
91	91	with regard to the Tribal land. 5
92	92	(b) C
93	93	ONDITIONS.— 6
94	94	(1) F
95	95	EDERAL LAWS RELATING TO INDIAN 7
96	96	LAND.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 8
97	97	the Tribal land shall be subject to Federal laws re-9
98	98	lating to Indian country, as defined by section 1151 10
99	99	of title 18, United States Code and protected by the 11
100	100	restriction against alienation in section 177 of title 12
101	101	25, United States Code. 13
102	102	(2) U
103	103	SE OF LAND.—The Tribal land shall be 14
104	104	used for the purposes allowed by the document titled 15
105	105	‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the 16
106	106	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 17
107	107	2022. 18
108	108	(3) E
109	109	NCUMBRANCES AND AGREEMENTS .—The 19
110	110	Tribal land shall remain subject to any private or 20
111	111	municipal encumbrance, right-of-way, restriction, 21
112	112	easement of record, or utility service agreement in 22
113	113	effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 23
114	114	(4) G
115	115	AMING.—Pursuant to the document titled 24
116	116	‘‘Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the 25
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120	120	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’’ and dated October 21, 1
121	121	2022, the Tribal land shall not be used for gaming 2
122	122	activity under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 3
123	123	(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 4
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