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S. 1603 (113th): Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act

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The text of the bill below is as of Jun 19, 2014 (Passed the Senate).

113th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 1603

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AN ACT

To reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act .

2.

Reaffirmation of Indian trust land

(a)

In general

The land taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians and described in the final Notice of Determination of the Department of the Interior (70 Fed. Reg. 25596 (May 13, 2005)) is reaffirmed as trust land, and the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in taking that land into trust are ratified and confirmed.

(b)

No claims

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action (including an action pending in a Federal court as of the date of enactment of this Act) relating to the land described in subsection (a) shall not be filed or maintained in a Federal court and shall be promptly dismissed.

(c)

Retention of future rights

Nothing in this Act alters or diminishes the right of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians from seeking to have any additional land taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Band.

Passed the Senate June 19, 2014.

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