Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-66.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 8, 2009
Cocopah Lands Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if the Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona transfers title to certain described land to the Secretary, to take it into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, if there are no recognized environmental conditions or contamination related concerns and no adverse legal claims to such land.
Considers such land to be part of the Tribe's initial reservation.
Designates Yuma County, Arizona, as the Tribe's service area for the delivery of federal services to enrolled Tribe members.
Prohibits using the trust land for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
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