{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1975","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1975","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-03-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-11-02","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h342","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act","result":"Passed","yea":397,"nay":25,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll342.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.","date":"2022-06-23"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-06-23","stage":"Reported to Senate","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take approximately 721.12 acres of land in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, if the tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. The land is made part of the Pala Indian Reservation."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill generally prohibits gaming on any of the land taken into trust."}],"words":77},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take approximately 721.12 acres of land in San Diego County, California, into trust for the Pala Band of Mission Indians if the Tribe transfers title to that land to the United States.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975/text/eh#HB93206D5BE1E4FC9BFEB9C5555D75C72"}]},"core_areas":["Transfer of land in San Diego County, California, into trust for the Pala Band of Mission Indians","Prohibition on gaming on the transferred land"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior, within 180 days after the Tribe transfers title to the land to the United States, to take that land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, if the transfer occurs within 180 days after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975/text/eh#HB93206D5BE1E4FC9BFEB9C5555D75C72"}},{"text":"Makes the land taken into trust part of the Pala Indian Reservation, to be administered under the laws and regulations generally applicable to land held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975/text/eh#HB93206D5BE1E4FC9BFEB9C5555D75C72"}},{"text":"Describes the land as approximately 721.12 acres in San Diego County, California, generally depicted as \"Gregory Canyon Property Boundary\" on the map titled \"Pala Gregory Canyon Property Boundary and Parcels\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975/text/eh#HB93206D5BE1E4FC9BFEB9C5555D75C72"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act does not enlarge, impair or otherwise affect the Tribe's existing rights or claims to land, its existing water rights, or any access to rights-of-way or rights-of-use issued, granted or permitted before enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975/text/eh#HB93206D5BE1E4FC9BFEB9C5555D75C72"}},{"text":"Bars the Tribe from conducting gaming activities on the land taken into trust, whether under claimed inherent authority or under any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975/text/eh#HB93206D5BE1E4FC9BFEB9C5555D75C72"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-11-02","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1975/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1975.png","v":"43d558ec1eae","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1975, 117th Congress: Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021. House: 397 Yea, 25 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 2 Nov 2021."}}