The U.S. Forest Service owns and manages these roughly 72 acres, even though they sit inside the Quinault Indian Reservation.
This bill allows the Quinault Indian Nation to gain ownership of specific land in Washington, which helps support their community and sovereignty.
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No committee member filed a written objection. The committee approved it by unanimous consent.
Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act This bill administratively transfers approximately 72 acres of specified lands in Washington from the U.S. Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. Interior must take this land into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation. The bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust. The bill requires Interior, for purposes of taking the land into trust, to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, without otherwise being required to remediate or abate those hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.
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