1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation Recognition Act of 2023 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Member The term member means an individual who is a citizen of the Tribe pursuant to the Tribe’s Constitution, enacted February 17, 2007, and who is enrolled in the Tribe pursuant to section 7 of this Act. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) Tribe The term Tribe means the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation, also known as Gabrielino-Tongva Indian Tribe and the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe. 3. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The traditional homelands of the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation are the Los Angeles Basin and the islands of Santa Catalina, San Nicholas, San Clemente, and Santa Barbara, from Topanga Canyon to Laguna Beach, from the San Gabriel Mountains to the sea. Over 2,000 archaeological sites in the in the Los Angeles County Basin attest to the longevity of Gabrielino/Tongva presence in their homelands. (2) In 1891, in response to the impoverished conditions experienced by Indian Tribes sent to the California missions, Congress passed the Act of January 12, 1891 (26 Stat. 711) commonly known as the Mission Indian Relief Act, which created a special Indian agency with trust responsibilities over Mission Indians in California, including the Gabrielino/Tongva. (3) In 1928, members of the Gabrielino/Tongva community, many of whom were then living in their traditional homelands in the Los Angeles Basin, enrolled during the California Indian census taken pursuant to the Act of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 602), which identified them as Mission San Gabriel or Gabrielino Indians and under the Federal jurisdiction of the Mission Indian Agency in Riverside, California. (4) In 1952, a congressional report named the Gabrielino/Tongva, known at that time as Gabrieleño or San Gabriel Indians, as one of the Indian Tribes or bands identified in dealings with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (82d Cong., 2d sess., House, Report No. 2503). (5) In 1972, Gabrielino/Tongva people