Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2388 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2388

To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for
         the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2025

 Ms. Randall introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for
         the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project
Lands Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE LOWER ELWHA KLALLAM TRIBE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the Lower
        Elwha Indian Reservation, also known as the Lower Elwha
        Reservation, located in the State of Washington.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Interior.
            (3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Lower Elwha Tribal
        Community, also known as the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, located
        in the State of Washington.
    (b) Land Held in Trust.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to all valid existing rights of
        the United States, the approximately 1,082.63 acres of Federal
        land generally depicted as ``NPS Parcels to be Transferred to
        Tribe'' on the map entitled ``Olympic National Park Proposed
        Transfer of Elwha Lands'', numbered 149/178020, and dated
        December 2021 is hereby taken into and held in trust by the
        United States for the benefit of the Tribe.
            (2) Inclusion in reservation.--The land taken into trust
        under paragraph (1) shall be part of the Reservation.
            (3) Law applicable to certain land.--The land taken into
        trust under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to any
        requirements for valuation, appraisal, or equalization under
        any Federal law.
    (c) Land Management.--Of the land taken into and held in trust
under subsection (b)(1), the portion of the Elwha River subject to
section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration
Act (Public Law 102-495; 106 Stat. 3175) shall be managed in accordance
with subsection (b) of the first section of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act (16 U.S.C. 1271), except for necessary modifications under section
3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act
(Public Law 102-495; 106 Stat. 3175).
    (d) Map and Survey.--
            (1) Boundary adjustment; survey.--As soon as practicable
        after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
        conduct a survey to define the boundaries of the land taken
        into and held in trust under subsection (b)(1).
            (2) Adjustments.--The Secretary may--
                    (A) make minor boundary adjustments to the land
                taken into and held in trust under subsection (b)(1);
                and
                    (B) correct any minor errors in any map, acreage
                estimate, or description of that land.
    (e) Gaming Prohibition.--No land taken into and held in trust for
the benefit of the Tribe under this section shall be considered Indian
lands for the purpose of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.
2701 et seq.).

SEC. 3. NO IMPACT ON TREATY RIGHTS.

    Nothing in this Act affects treaty rights under the Treaty between
the United States of America and the S'Klallams Indians, concluded at
Point no Point, Washington Territory, January 26, 1855 (12 Stat. 933)
(commonly known as the ``Treaty of Point No Point'').
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