,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ae1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of the ,interior to place certain lands 
in ,skagit and ,san ,juan ,counties1    
,washington1 into trust for the ,samish 
,indian ,nation1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,samish ,indian ,nation    
,homelands ,act of #bjac4  #b4          
,definitions  7a7 ,parcels ,the term    
parcels means the #af parcels of        
approximately #ie acres of land owned by
 the ,tribe1 located in ,skagit ,county 
and ,san ,juan ,county1 ,washington1 and
 depicted on the ,map4  7b7 ,map ,the   
term ,map means the map titled the      
,samish ,indian ,nation ,homeland ,map  
dated ,june #bj1 #bjab4  7c7 ,secretary 
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of the ,interior4  7d7 ,tribe

 ,the term ,tribe means the ,samish     
,indian ,nation1 a federally recognized 
,indian ,tribe4  #c4 ,land into trust   
7a7 ,action by the ,secretary of the    
,interior  7#a7 ,fulfillment of         
conditions ,on fulfillment of each      
condition described in paragraph 7#b71  
and in accordance with the regulations  
of the ,department of the ,interior for 
implementing the ,national              
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47 that are  
applicable to trust land acquisitions   
for ,indian tribes that are mandated by 
,federal legislation1 the ,secretary    
shall take the land described in the    
,map into trust for the benefit of the  
,tribe4  7#b7 ,conditions ,the          
conditions referred to in paragraph 7#a7
 are that the ,tribe shall--  7,a7      
convey to the ,secretary all right1     
title1 and interest in and to the       
parcels of land described in the ,map2  
and  7,b7 submit to the ,secretary a    
request to take the parcels of land     

described in the ,map into trust for the
 ,tribe4  7b7 ,survey  7#a7             
,responsibility for survey ,the ,tribe  
shall conduct a survey of the boundaries
 of the parcels described in the ,map   
and designated for the ,tribe and submit
 the survey to the ,bureau of ,indian   
,affairs4  7#b7 ,approval of survey     
7,a7 ,not later than #ij days after the 
date on which the survey is submitted   
under this subsection1 the ,director of 
the ,bureau of ,indian ,affairs shall   
complete a review of the survey1 and    
provide the ,tribe with notice of       
concurrence of the survey4  7,b7 ,not   
later than #abj days after the date on  
which concurrence is provided to the    
,tribe1 the ,secretary shall submit a   
copy of the survey to the appropriate   
,committees of ,congress1 and make the  
survey available to the public at the   
appropriate office of the ,secretary4   
7c7 ,effect of ,act ,nothing in this    
,act limits the existing rights or      
claims of the ,samish ,indian ,nation4  

#d4 ,hunting1 fishing1 trapping1 and    
gathering ,this ,act shall not grant1   
restore1 or diminish any hunting1       
fishing1 trapping or gathering treaty   
right of any tribe4  #e4 ,gaming        
prohibition ,the ,tribe may not conduct 
on any land taken into trust pursuant to
 this ,act any gaming activities--  7#a7
 as a matter of claimed inherent        
authority2 or  7#b7 under any ,federal  
law 7including the ,indian ,gaming      
,regulatory ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #bgja et
 seq47 7including any regulations       
promulgated by the ,secretary or the    
,national ,indian ,gaming ,commission   
pursuant to that ,act774