SENATE 371117th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
- Last Action
- 3/24/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-24Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.
- 2021-03-24Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-6.
- 2021-03-24Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-6.
- 2021-03-10Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2021-02-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- 2021-02-23Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-24 (25)
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take the approximately 55.3 acres of land of the Blackwater Trading Post in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, if the community conveys to Interior all of its interest in the land. The land is made part of the community's reservation.
Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
Cosponsors (1)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Subjects
- Arizona
- Federal-Indian relations
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Land transfers
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