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Volume 120 · 2889

Public Law 109–421

To provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe.

Approved December 20, 2006

Statutory text

An Act

To provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe.

Dec. 20, 2006

[H.R. 854]

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

SECTION 1. LANDS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.

(a)

In General.—

Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands, including improvements and appurtenances, described in subsection (b) are hereby declared to be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe, Benton Paiute Reservation.

(b)

Land Description.—

The lands to be held in trust pursuant to subsection (a) are the approximately 240 acres described as follows: Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, Township 2 South, Range 31 East Section 11: SE¼ and E½ of SW¼.

(c)

Gaming Restriction.—

Lands taken into trust pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered to have been taken into trust for, and shall not be eligible for, class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are used in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.)).

Approved .

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