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 114 STAT. 462 PUBLIC LAW 106-228—JUNE 29, 2000 Public Law 106-228 106th Congress An Act T 9Q 9nnn '^° make technical corrections to the status of certain land held in trust for the — ^5?—' - Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, to take certain land into trust for that [S. 1967] Band, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. STATUS OF CERTAIN INDIAN LANDS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) all land taken in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians on or after December 23, 1944, shall be part of the Mississippi Choctaw Indian Reservation; (2) all land held in fee by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians located within the boundaries of the State of Mississippi, as shown in the report entitled "Report of Fee Lands owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians", dated September 28, 1999, on file in the Office of the Superintendent, Choctaw Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, is hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and (3) land made part of the Mississippi Choctaw Indian Reservation after December 23, 1944, shall not be considered to be part of the "initial reservation" of the tribe for the purposes of section 20(b)(l)(B)(ii) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 US.C. 2719(b)(l)(B)(ii)).

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