Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 478) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 478 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Blackwater trading post land.--The term ``Blackwater Trading Post Land'' means the approximately 55.3 acres of land as depicted on the map that-- (A) is located in Pinal County, Arizona, and bordered by Community land to the east, west, and north and State Highway 87 to the south; and (B) is owned by the Community. (2) Community.--The term ``Community'' means the Gila River Indian Community of the Reservation. (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Results of Survey, Ellis Property, A Portion of the West \1/2\ of Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 7 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona'' and dated October 15, 2012. (4) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the land located within the exterior boundaries of the reservation created under sections 3 and 4 of the Act of February 28, 1859 (11 Stat.…”