Engrossed in Senate

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1514 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1514

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the 
     benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, 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 ``Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE QUINAULT INDIAN 
              NATION.

    (a) Land to Be Taken Into Trust.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
        approximately 72 acres of land located in the State of 
        Washington and generally depicted as ``Allotment 1157'' on the 
        map entitled ``Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act'' and 
        dated February 2, 2024, shall be administratively transferred 
        from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior and 
        taken into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation.
            (2) Valid existing rights.--Any valid existing rights, 
        including easements, rights-of-way, permits, utility corridors, 
        access rights, and any other recorded or legally recognized 
        interests in the land taken into trust under paragraph (1), 
        shall remain in effect following the transfer and trust 
        acquisition under that paragraph unless modified, relinquished, 
        or terminated in accordance with applicable Federal law.
    (b) Land Part of Reservation; Administration.--The land taken into 
trust under subsection (a)(1) shall be--
            (1) part of the Quinault Indian Reservation; and
            (2) administered by the Secretary of the Interior in 
        accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable 
        to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian 
        Tribe.
    (c) Gaming Prohibited.--The land taken into trust under subsection 
(a)(1) shall not be eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
    (d) No Impact on Treaty Rights.--Nothing in this Act affects treaty 
rights under the Treaty between the United States and the Qui-nai-elt 
and Quil-leh-ute Indians, done at the Qui-nai-elt River July 1, 1855, 
and Olympia January 25, 1856 (12 Stat. 971) (commonly known as the 
``Treaty of Olympia'').
    (e) Hazardous Materials.--For purposes of the taking of land into 
trust under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of the Interior--
            (1) shall meet disclosure requirements for hazardous 
        substances, pollutants, or contaminants under section 120(h) of 
        the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)); and
            (2) shall not otherwise be required to remediate or abate 
        those hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

            Passed the Senate September 30, 2026.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1514

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the 
     benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, and for other purposes.