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One Hundred Thirteenth Congress of the United States of America
2d Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and
fourteen
S. 1603
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.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate