Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9372 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9372

To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for 
         the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 16, 2024

  Mr. Kilmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project 
Lands Restoration Act''.

SEC. 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, 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 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, are 
        hereby declared to be 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) is hereby declared to 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 lands taken into and held in trust 
under subsection (b), that portion of the Elwha River subject to 
section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration 
Act (Public Law 102-495) shall be managed in accordance with section 
1(b) 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.
    (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).
            (2) Adjustments.--The Secretary may make minor boundary 
        adjustments to the lands taken into and held in trust under 
        subsection (b) and may correct any minor errors in any map, 
        acreage estimate, or description of the lands taken into and 
        held in trust under subsection (b).
    (e) Gaming Prohibition.--No land taken into trust for the benefit 
of the Tribe under this Act shall be considered Indian lands for the 
purpose of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).

SEC. 3. NO IMPACT ON TREATY RIGHTS.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting treaty rights 
under the Treaty of Point No Point.
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