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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 312
111TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 111-161
TO TRANSFER CERTAIN LAND TO THE UNITED STATES TO BE HELD IN
TRUST FOR THE HOH INDIAN TRIBE, TO PLACE LAND INTO TRUST FOR
THE HOH INDIAN TRIBE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
MARCH 10, 2010.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. DORGAN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 443]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 443) to transfer certain land to the United States to be held in
trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place land into trust for the Hoh
Indian Tribe, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends
that the bill (as amended) do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 443 is to transfer and place into trust for the
Hoh Indian Tribe (Tribe) a 37-acre parcel of land held by the Na-
tional Park Service and 434 acres of fee land purchased from pri-
vate owners near the Tribe's current reservation. Once placed in
trust, the lands would be included as part of the Tribe's reserva-
tion. Gaming would be prohibited on the lands transferred into
trust by this Act.
BACKGROUND
The Hoh Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe,
whose reservation was established by executive order, in 1873. The
Hoh Indian reservation is approximately 1 square mile, located
along the Hoh River and the Pacific Ocean in Jefferson County,
Washington. Due to its location along a river and the Pacific
Ocean, coupled with the torrential rains experienced in the region,
the Hoh Reservation has seen its territory eroded by flooding and
storm surges. Approximately 90% of the Hoh Reservation is within
a flood zone and 100% is within a tsunami zone, making the res-
ervation unsafe for occupation or development. Flood danger has
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