Restricted fee status — A status in which the Tribal land: (A) shall continue to be owned by the Tribes; (B) shall be part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and expressly made subject to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; (C) shall not be transferred without the consent of Congress and the Tribes; (D) shall not be subject to taxation by a State or local government; and (E) shall not be subject to any provision of law providing for review or approval by the Secretary of the Interior before the Tribes may use the land for any purpose as allowed by the document titled and dated October 21, 2022, “Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.”

Secretary — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

Tribal land — The term “Tribal land” means the approximately 40 acres (including the surface and subsurface estate, and mineral estate, and any and all improvements, structures, and personal property on those acres) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, at Rural County Road 4, Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and generally depicted on the map entitled and dated October 26, 2022, which is a segment of the December 29, 1890, Wounded Knee Massacre site (referred to as “Area of Interest” and “Wounded Knee Sacred Site and Memorial Land”).

Tribes — The term “Tribes” means the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation; both tribes are described as constituent tribes of the Great Sioux Nation and as signatories to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 between the United States and the Great Sioux Nation (15 Stat. 635).

Deadline: Not later than 365 days after enactment, the Secretary must complete all actions, including documentation and minor corrections to the survey and legal description of the Tribal land, that are necessary for the Tribal land to be held by the Tribes in restricted fee status.