Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
Latest action · Dec 27, 2022 Became Public Law No: 117-267.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2021
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2021
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2022
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2022
- Became lawDec 27, 2022Public Law 117-267
Summary
Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
This act directs the Department of the Interior to take the approximately 55.3 acres of land of the Blackwater Trading Post in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, if the community conveys to Interior all of its interest in the land. The land is made part of the community's reservation.
Further, the act prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2021 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Feb 18, 2021 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 27, 2022Signed by President.
- Dec 27, 2022Became Public Law No: 117-267.
- Dec 23, 2022Presented to President.
- Dec 20, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 19, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7288-7289)
- May 13, 2021Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.
- May 12, 2021Mr. Soto moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 12, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2220-2221)
- May 12, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 478.
- May 12, 2021At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- May 12, 2021Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, proceedings on H.R. 478 are considered vacated.
- May 12, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981. (consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2236)
- Feb 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- Jan 25, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7288 | Brian Schatz D-HI | Dec 19, 2022 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3850, S3851 | Brian Schatz D-HI, Mike Lee R-UT | May 27, 2021 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2220, H2221, H2235Text printed H2220, H2236 | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Darren Soto D-FL, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | May 12, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 14, January 25, 2021, page H233.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46951 | Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2022 Appropriations Archived | Report | Oct 29, 2021 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- May 13, 2021Placed on Calendar Senate
- May 12, 2021Engrossed in House
- Jan 25, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
