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Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
Sponsored By: Representative O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Became Law
Summary
Transfers about 55.3 acres known as the Blackwater Trading Post into trust for the Gila River Indian Community. The Community must convey all right, title, and interest in the land to the Secretary and submit a request to have the land taken into trust. If the Secretary requires a survey the Community must conduct and pay for it. Once in trust the land becomes part of the Community’s Reservation and no Class II or Class III gaming may occur there. The Secretary must publish the land’s full metes-and-bounds within 180 days of enactment and keep the survey map on file and available within 180 days after the land is taken into trust.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Blackwater Trading Post land added to reservation
The law takes the Blackwater Trading Post Land into federal trust for the Gila River Indian Community. The parcel is about 55.3 acres in Pinal County, Arizona, bordered by Community land and State Highway 87. The Community must give the land to the Secretary, ask for trust status, do any survey the Secretary requires, and pay any survey costs. After the Secretary takes it into trust, the land becomes part of the Community’s Reservation, which includes the original reservation and any lands later placed in trust.
Public map and legal description posted
The official survey map dated October 15, 2012 is the reference for the parcel. Within 180 days after enactment, the Secretary publishes the full metes-and-bounds description in the Federal Register, which becomes the official description. Within 180 days after the land is taken into trust, the map is filed and open to the public in the Secretary’s offices.
No casino gaming on this parcel
Once the land is in trust, the law bans Class II and Class III gaming on this parcel. These are casino-style games under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The ban applies only to this parcel and has no end date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
AZ • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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