S. 382 (ENR) - Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023

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[S. 382 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.382

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four


                                 An Act


 
   To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the 
benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, 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 ``Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into 
Trust Confirmation Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUYALLUP 
TRIBE OF THE PUYALLUP RESERVATION.
    (a) In General.--The approximately 17.264 acres of land owned in 
fee by the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation in Pierce County, 
Washington, and described in subsection (b) is hereby taken into trust 
by the United States for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the 
Puyallup Reservation.
    (b) Land Descriptions.--
        (1) Parcel 1.--Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, Block 85, Map of Tacoma 
    Tidelands, as surveyed and platted by the Board of Appraisers of 
    Tide and Shore Lands for Pierce County, according to Plat filed for 
    record on September 14, 1895, in the Office of the County Auditor, 
    in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.
        (2) Parcel 2.--Lots 5 to 9, inclusive, Block 85, Map of Tacoma 
    Tidelands, as surveyed and platted by the Board of Appraisers of 
    Tide and Shore Lands for Pierce County, according to Plat filed for 
    record on September 14, 1895, in the Office of the County Auditor, 
    in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.
        (3) Parcel 3.--Parcel A of City of Tacoma Boundary Line 
    Adjustment MPD2011-40000166230, recorded October 12, 2011, under 
    Pierce County Auditor Recording No. 201110125009, as corrected by 
    Affidavit of Minor Correction of Map Recorded September 25, 2012, 
    under Pierce County Auditor Recording No. 201209250440.
    (c) Administration.--Land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
shall be--
        (1) part of the Reservation of the Puyallup Tribe of the 
    Puyallup Reservation; and
        (2) administered in accordance with the laws and regulations 
    generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States 
    for the benefit of an Indian Tribe.
    (d) Environmental Liability.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the United States shall not be liable for any environmental 
contamination that occurred on the land described in subsection (b) on 
or before the date on which that land is taken into trust under 
subsection (a).
    (e) Gaming Prohibited.--Land taken into trust under subsection (a) 
shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms 
are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.