H.R. 6443 would direct the Department of the Interior (DOI) to take into trust 172 acres of land in San Diego County, California, owned by the Jamul Indian Village. Under the bill, DOI would hold title to that land for the benefit of the tribe. The bill also would prohibit certain types of gaming on that land. Using information from DOI, CBO estimates that the administrative costs to implement H.R. 6443 would not be significant; any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
The bill would impose intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). CBO estimates that the cost of the mandates would not exceed the annual threshold establish in that act ($100 million in 2023, adjusted annually for inflation).
The bill would prohibit gambling on tribal land obtained by the Jamul Indian Village of California that is contiguous with current land held in trust for the benefit of the tribe. Because gaming on such land is currently allowed under federal law, the proposed ban would impose a mandate. However, because the tribe has no plan to conduct gaming on the land being placed into trust, the cost of the mandate would be small.
