Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
This act takes approximately 2,560 acres of specified lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Lands taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.
Further, the act prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
[117th Congress Public Law 329]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 117-329
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the 
         Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other 
             purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 5, 2023 -  [H.R. 897]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Agua Caliente 
Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to 
Trust Confirmation Act''.
SEC. 2. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST.

    (a) In General.--The approximately 2,560 acres of land owned by the 
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians generally depicted as ``Lands to 
be Taken into Trust'' on the map entitled ``Agua Caliente Band of 
Cahuilla Indians Land to be Taken into Trust'' and dated November 17, 
2021, is hereby taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of 
the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
    (b) Lands Part of Reservation.--Lands taken into trust by this 
section shall be part of the Tribe's reservation and shall be 
administered in accordance with the laws and regulations generally 
applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian 
Tribe.
    (c) Gaming Prohibited.--Lands taken into trust by this section for 
the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

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shall not be eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).

    Approved January 5, 2023.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 897 (S. 3273):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 117-194 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 117-125 (Comm. on Indian Affairs) accompanying S. 
3273.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 167 (2021):
                                    Dec. 1, 8, considered and passed 
                                        House.
                                                        Vol. 168 (2022):
                                    Dec. 21, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.

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Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
To take certain lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.
Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
Rep. Ruiz, Raul