,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hbee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ae1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,butterfield 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,clyburn1 ,mr4 ,cunningham1 ,ms4   
,adams1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1
 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 
,timmons1 and ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south    
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to clarify the status of gaming
 conducted by the ,catawba ,indian      
,nation1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,catawba ,indian ,nation ,lands     
,act4  #b4 ,application of current law  
7a7 ,lands in ,south ,carolina ,section 
#ad of the ,catawba ,indian ,tribe of   
,south ,carolina ,claims ,settlement    
,act of #aiic 7,public ,law #ajc-aaf7   
shall only apply to gaming conducted by 
the ,catawba ,indian ,nation on lands   
located in ,south ,carolina4  7b7 ,lands
 in ,states other than ,south ,carolina 

,gaming conducted by the ,catawba       
,indian ,nation on lands located in     
,states other than ,south ,carolina     
shall be subject to the ,indian ,gaming 
,regulatory ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #bgja et
 seq47 and sections #aaff through #aafh 
of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4    
#c4 ,reaffirmation of status and actions
  7a7 ,ratification of trust status ,the
 action taken by the ,secretary on ,july
 #aj1 #bjbj1 to place approximately #ag 
acres of land located in ,cleveland     
,county1 ,north ,carolina1 into trust   
for the benefit of the ,catawba ,indian 
,nation is hereby ratified and confirmed
 as if that action had been taken under 
a ,federal law specifically authorizing 
or directing that action4  7b7          
,administration ,the land placed into   
trust for the benefit of the ,catawba   
,indian ,nation by the ,secretary on    
,july #aj1 #bjbj1 shall-- 7#a7 be a part
 of the ,catawba ,reservation and       
administered in accordance with the laws
 and regulations generally applicable to

 land held in trust by the ,united      
,states for an ,indian ,tribe2 and  7#b7
 be deemed to have been acquired and    
taken into trust as part of the         
restoration of lands for an ,indian     
tribe that is restored to ,federal      
recognition pursuant to section         
#bj7;b77#a77;,b77iii7 of the ,indian    
,gaming ,regulatory ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 
#bgai7;b77#a77;,b77iii774  7c7 ,rules of
 construction ,nothing in this ,act     
shall-- 7#a7 enlarge1 impair1 or        
otherwise affect any right or claim of  
the ,catawba ,indian ,nation to any land
 or interest in land in existence before
 the date of the enactment of this ,act2
  7#b7 affect any water right of the    
,catawba ,indian ,nation in existence   
before the date of the enactment of this
 ,act2  7#c7 terminate or limit any     
access in any way to any right-of-way or
 right-of-use issued1 granted1 or       
permitted before the date of the        
enactment of this ,act2 or  7#d7 alter  
or diminish the right of the ,catawba   

,indian ,nation to seek to have         
additional land taken into trust by the 
,united ,states for the benefit of the  
,catawba ,indian ,nation4