Summary
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
This bill takes approximately 204.14 acres of specified lands in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.
The bill revokes a specified public land order and administratively transfers the land from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. (In the public land order, the land was designated for use by the Forest Service as an experiment station.)
The bill directs Interior to take the following lands into trust for the benefit of the tribe: (1) approximately 85.3 acres of federal land managed by Interior's Bureau of Land Management (which includes the land transferred from the Forest Service), and (2) approximately 118.84 acres of fee land held by the tribe. These combined lands, approximately 204.14 acres, shall be part of the tribe's reservation. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
Legislative Journey
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
SenateMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5071)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5071)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2302.
HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5071-5073)
HouseMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 242.
HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-286.
HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-286.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
HouseSubcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
HouseIntroduced in House
Introduced in House