Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
Title II — Tribal trust land
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(a) In general Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land described in subsection (b)— (1) at the request of the Tribe, is transferred to the Secretary and held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California; and (2) shall be part of the reservation of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. (b) Description of land The Federal land referred to in subsection (a) is— (1) the approximately 601 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, as generally depicted as BLM Land to be Held in Trust on the map entitled Truckee Meadows Public Lands Management Act—Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Reservation Expansion and dated November 14, 2024; and (2) the approximately 494 acres of land administered by the Forest Service, as generally depicted as USFS Land to be Held in Trust on the map entitled Truckee Meadows Public Lands Management Act—Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Reservation Expansion and dated November 14, 2024. (c) Survey As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a cadastral survey and accompanying legal descriptions to establish the boundaries of the Federal land taken into trust under subsection (a). (d) Federal Register publication On the completion of the survey under subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the Federal land taken into trust and made a part of the reservation under subsection (a). (e) Gaming prohibited The Federal land taken into trust under subsection (a) shall not be eligible, or considered to have been taken into trust, for class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).