This bill transfers approximately 1,082.63 acres of federal land in Washington State to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe by placing it into federal trust, making the land part of the tribe's reservation. The transferred land, located near Olympic National Park, includes a portion of the Elwha River that will continue to be managed under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and existing river restoration agreements. The bill exempts the transferred land from standard federal property valuation and appraisal requirements and directs the Interior Department to conduct a survey to precisely define the land boundaries after the law takes effect. The legislation explicitly prohibits gaming activities on the transferred land and clarifies that nothing in the act affects the tribe's existing treaty rights under the Treaty of Point No Point. The bill does not specify direct federal funding but represents a transfer of existing federal property rather than a new appropriation.
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