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Union Calendar No. 437
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1603
[Report No. 113–590]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
September 15, 2014
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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.
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.
September 15, 2014
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed