Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act the short title 'Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act.'
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act .
2: Land taken into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
This section would define three terms for the Act: 'Reservation' means the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation, also known as the Lower Elwha Reservation, in the State of Washington; 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior; and 'Tribe' means the Lower Elwha Tribal Community, also known as the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, located in the State of Washington. Subject to all valid existing rights of the United States, the section would take about 1,082.63 acres of federal land into trust, held by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe. This is the land shown as 'NPS Parcels to be Transferred to Tribe' on the map entitled 'Olympic National Park Proposed Transfer of Elwha Lands,' numbered 149/178020 and dated December 2021. That land would become part of the Reservation, and it would not be subject to any federal law requirements for valuation, appraisal, or equalization. Of the trust land, the portion of the Elwha River covered by section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act (Public Law 102-495; 106 Stat. 3175) would be managed under subsection (b) of the first section of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271), except for the modifications necessary under that section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act. As soon as practicable after the Act is enacted, the Secretary would have to conduct a survey to define the boundaries of the trust land. The Secretary could also make minor boundary adjustments to the trust land and correct minor errors in any map, acreage estimate, or description of that land. Land taken into and held in trust for the Tribe under this section would not be considered Indian lands for purposes of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, so gaming authorized under that Act would not extend to this land.
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2. Land taken into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Reservation The term Reservation means the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation, also known as the Lower Elwha Reservation, located in the State of Washington. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) Tribe The term Tribe means the Lower Elwha Tribal Community, also known as the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, located in the State of Washington. (b) Land held in trust (1) In general Subject to all valid existing rights of the United States, the approximately 1,082.63 acres of Federal land generally depicted as NPS Parcels to be Transferred to Tribe on the map entitled Olympic National Park Proposed Transfer of Elwha Lands , numbered 149/178020, and dated December 2021 is hereby taken into and held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe. (2) Inclusion in reservation The land taken into trust under paragraph (1) shall be part of the Reservation. (3) Law applicable to certain land The land taken into trust under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to any requirements for valuation, appraisal, or equalization under any Federal law. (c) Land management Of the land taken into and held in trust under subsection (b)(1), the portion of the Elwha River subject to section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act ( Public Law 102–495 ; 106 Stat. 3175) shall be managed in accordance with subsection (b) of the first section of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1271 ), except for necessary modifications under section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act ( Public Law 102–495 ; 106 Stat. 3175). (d) Map and survey (1) Boundary adjustment; survey As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a survey to define the boundaries of the land taken into and held in trust under subsection (b)(1). (2) Adjustments The Secretary may— (A) make minor boundary adjustments to the land taken into and held in trust under subsection (b)(1); and (B) correct any minor errors in any map, acreage estimate, or description of that land. (e) Gaming prohibition No land taken into and held in trust for the benefit of the Tribe under this section shall be considered Indian lands for the purpose of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ).
3: No impact on treaty rights
This section would state that nothing in the Act affects treaty rights under the Treaty between the United States of America and the S'Klallams Indians, concluded at Point No Point, Washington Territory, on January 26, 1855 (12 Stat. 933), commonly known as the Treaty of Point No Point.
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3. No impact on treaty rights Nothing in this Act affects treaty rights under the Treaty between the United States of America and the S'Klallams Indians, concluded at Point no Point, Washington Territory, January 26, 1855 (12 Stat. 933) (commonly known as the Treaty of Point No Point ).