S 2912
116th Congress
Senate
Native Americans
Arizona
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
Introduced: November 20, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557.
Sep 24, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-270.
Jul 29, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 24, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338.
Nov 20, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Nov 20, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take the 55.3 acres of land of the Blackwater Trading Post in Pinal County, Arizona, which is bordered and owned by the Gila River Indian Community, into trust for the benefit of the community after it (1) conveys to Interior all of its interest in such land, and (2) submits a request for Interior to take such land into trust for it.
The land that is taken into trust shall be treated as part of the community's reservation.
The bill prohibits gaming on any of the land taken into trust.
What's happening now
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1