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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 22
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 117-6
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
MARCH 24, 2021.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 371]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 371) 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, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior (Secretary) to take land, located in
Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River
Indian Community (GRIC or the Tribe).
BACKGROUND
The GRIC's reservation was originally established through Con-
gressional action1 and later by Executive Order dated August 31,
1876. Over time, the Tribe expanded its reservation to approxi-
mately 375,000 acres of land located near the metropolitan area of
Phoenix, Arizona.2
The Blackwater Trading Post is surrounded on three sides by
GRIC's reservation. The fourth side abuts the frontage of Arizona
State Highway 287 (Highway). Constructed in 1926, the Highway
'See Act of February 28, 1859, 11 Stat. 401, Chapter LXVI.
2The Tribe's reservation was further expanded by Executive Orders dated October 31, 1876,
January 10, 1879, June 14, 1879, May 5, 1882, November 15, 1883, March 22, 1911, May 8,
1911, July 31, 1911, December 6, 1911, June 22, 1913, August 27, 1914, and July 19, 1915.
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