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Calendar No. 432
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1603
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 29, 2013
Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mr. Levin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
June 12, 2014
Reported by Mr. Tester, without amendment
A BILL
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act
.
Reaffirmation of Indian trust land
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.
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.
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.
June 12, 2014
Reported without amendment
