I believe that this would be because they are unable or do not want to put it into trust land. Seeing as how I have seen lots of trust land off reservation, this bill must be to take care of the rest. It most certainly is an unfair advantage. It also begs the question of why they would get services off without paying for them. Things like this are a big pet peeve of mine. I try to accept what they get through the treaty, but this is just a plain gimme. Imagine the loss to an area when they start buying up big commercial buildings. Take something like the White Cloud Hotel in Tacoma. Taxes per year are just over 143,300 a year. Imagine the disadvantage to its competitor besides the loss to the city. If the Puyallups wanted they could be buying 1 or 2 of these types properties a year without even blinking. If they leveraged at all they could end up bankrupting the city in a few years.