Public Law 113-179 | Public Law 113–179: To reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians, and for other purposes.

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PUBLIC LAW 113–179—SEPT. 26, 2014

128 STAT. 1913

Public Law

113–179

113th Congress

An Act

To reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami Indians, and for other purposes.

Sept. 26, 2014

[S. 1603]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act.

SECTION 1.

SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “

Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act

”.

SEC. 2.

REAFFIRMATION OF INDIAN TRUST LAND.

(a)

In General.—

The land taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians and described in the final Notice of Determination of the Department of the Interior (70 Fed. Reg. 25596 (May 13, 2005)) is reaffirmed as trust land, and the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in taking that land into trust are ratified and confirmed.

(b)

No Claims.—

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action (including an action pending in a Federal court as of the date of enactment of this Act) relating to the land described in subsection (a) shall not be filed or maintained in a Federal court and shall be promptly dismissed.

(c)

Retention of Future Rights.—

Nothing in this Act alters or diminishes the right of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band 1914 of Pottawatomi Indians from seeking to have any additional land taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Band.

Approved September 26, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1603:

HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 113–590 (Comm. on Natural Resources).

SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 113–194 (Comm. on Indian Affairs).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):

June 19, considered and passed Senate.

Sept. 15, 16, considered and passed House.

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