Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2022

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8967 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8967

  To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the 
  benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2022

 Mr. Kilmer (for himself and Ms. Strickland) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the 
  benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into 
Trust Confirmation Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUYALLUP 
              TRIBE OF THE PUYALLUP RESERVATION.

    (a) In General.--The approximately 17.264 acres of land owned in 
fee by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation in Pierce County, 
Washington, and described in subsection (b) is hereby taken into trust 
by the United States for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the 
Puyallup Reservation.
    (b) Land Descriptions.--
            (1) Parcel 1.--Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, Block 85, Map of 
        Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and platted by the Board of 
        Appraisers of Tide and Shore Lands for Pierce County, according 
        to Plat filed for record on September 14, 1895, in the Office 
        of the County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.
            (2) Parcel 2.--Lots 5 to 9, inclusive, Block 85, Map of 
        Tacoma Tidelands, as surveyed and platted by the Board of 
        Appraisers of Tide and Shore Lands for Pierce County, according 
        to Plat filed for record on September 14, 1895, in the Office 
        of the County Auditor, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.
            (3) Parcel 3.--Parcel A of City of Tacoma Boundary Line 
        Adjustment MPD2011-40000166230, recorded October 12, 2011, 
        under Pierce County Auditor Recording No. 201110125009, as 
        corrected by Affidavit of Minor Correction of Map Recorded 
        September 25, 2012, under Pierce County Auditor Recording No. 
        201209250440.
    (c) Administration.--Land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
shall be--
            (1) part of the reservation of the Puyallup Tribe of the 
        Puyallup Reservation; and
            (2) administered in accordance with the laws and 
        regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by 
        the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe.
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