Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer

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.

1. This bill transfers about 72 acres of land in Washington to the Quinault Indian Nation. 2. The land will be managed by the Department of the Interior as part of the Quinault Indian Reservation. 3. The land cannot be used for gambling activities under current laws. 4. The bill ensures that existing treaty rights of the Quinault people are not affected. 5. The Secretary of the Interior must disclose any hazardous materials on the land.

The Quinault Indian Nation and its members will directly benefit from this land transfer.