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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-584
EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE HISTORIC LANDS
REACQUISITION ACT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 146]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 146) to take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for
the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do
pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacqui-
sition Act.
SEC. 2. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS.
(a) LANDS INTO TRUST.-Subject to such rights of record as may be vested in third
parties to rights-of-way or other easements or rights-of-record for roads, utilities, or
other purposes, the following Federal lands managed by the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority and located on or above the 820-foot (MSL) contour elevation in Monroe
County, Tennessee, on the shores of Tellico Reservoir, are declared to be held in
trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians:
(1) SEQUOYAH MUSEUM PROPERTY.-Approximately 46.0 acres of land gen-
erally depicted as Sequoyah Museum, Parcel 1, and Parcel 2 on the map
titled Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Map 1 and
dated April 30, 2015.
(2) SUPPORT PROPERTY.-Approximately 11.9 acres of land generally depicted
as Support Parcel on the map titled Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic
Lands Reacquisition Map 2 and dated April 30, 2015.
(3) CHOTA MEMORIAL PROPERTY AND TANASI MEMORIAL PROPERTY.-Approxi-
mately 18.2 acres of land generally depicted as Chota Memorial 1 and Tanasi
Memorial on the map titled Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reac-
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