2021: Fitzpatrick Voted For Instructing The Interior Department To
Take 31 Acres Of Land In Pima County, Arizona Into Trust At The Pascua
Yaqui Tribe's Request, If The Tribe transfers The Land to The U.S., And
Gaming Would Be Subject To Federal Law. In November 2021, Fitzpatrick
voted for the Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act which would,
according to Congressional Quarterly, "require the Interior Department
to take approximately 31 acres of land in Pima County, Ariz. into trust
at the request of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, adding the land to
the Pascua Yaqui Reservation. It would deem such land as having been
taken into trust on Sept. 18, 1978, and specify that gaming on the land
would be subject to applicable federal law." The vote was on passage.
The House passed the bill by a vote of 397-25. [House Vote 346,
11/2/21; Congressional
Quarterly, 11/2/21;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
4881]