I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 377, S. 1436 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1436) to require the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Nevada Native Nations Land Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES. (a) Conveyance of Land To Be Held in Trust for the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe.-- (1) Definition of map.--In this subsection, the term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation Expansion Act'', dated February 21, 2013, and on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.…
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