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[H.R. 2388 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2388

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six


                                 An Act


 
 To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for 
         the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, 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 ``Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project 
Lands Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE LOWER ELWHA KLALLAM TRIBE.
    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the Lower 
    Elwha Indian Reservation, also known as the Lower Elwha 
    Reservation, located in the State of Washington.
        (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Lower Elwha Tribal 
    Community, also known as the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, located in 
    the State of Washington.
    (b) Land Held in Trust.--
        (1) In general.--Subject to all valid existing rights of the 
    United States, the approximately 1,082.63 acres of Federal land 
    generally depicted as ``NPS Parcels to be Transferred to Tribe'' on 
    the map entitled ``Olympic National Park Proposed Transfer of Elwha 
    Lands'', numbered 149/178020, and dated December 2021 is hereby 
    taken into and held in trust by the United States for the benefit 
    of the Tribe.
        (2) Inclusion in reservation.--The land taken into trust under 
    paragraph (1) shall be part of the Reservation.
        (3) Law applicable to certain land.--The land taken into trust 
    under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to any requirements for 
    valuation, appraisal, or equalization under any Federal law.
    (c) Land Management.--Of the land taken into and held in trust 
under subsection (b)(1), the portion of the Elwha River subject to 
section 3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration 
Act (Public Law 102-495; 106 Stat. 3175) shall be managed in accordance 
with subsection (b) of the first section of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1271), except for necessary modifications under section 
3(c)(3) of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act 
(Public Law 102-495; 106 Stat. 3175).
    (d) Map and Survey.--
        (1) Boundary adjustment; survey.--As soon as practicable after 
    the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a 
    survey to define the boundaries of the land taken into and held in 
    trust under subsection (b)(1).
        (2) Adjustments.--The Secretary may--
            (A) make minor boundary adjustments to the land taken into 
        and held in trust under subsection (b)(1); and
            (B) correct any minor errors in any map, acreage estimate, 
        or description of that land.
    (e) Gaming Prohibition.--No land taken into and held in trust for 
the benefit of the Tribe under this section shall be considered Indian 
lands for the purpose of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2701 et seq.).
SEC. 3. NO IMPACT ON TREATY RIGHTS.
    Nothing in this Act affects treaty rights under the Treaty between 
the United States of America and the S'Klallams Indians, concluded at 
Point no Point, Washington Territory, January 26, 1855 (12 Stat. 933) 
(commonly known as the ``Treaty of Point No Point'').

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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