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Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
Summary
- Takes approximately 583.79 acres of federal land managed by the Forest Service in California into trust for the Pit River Tribe.
- Excludes approximately 20.03 acres of roads, highways, and public rights-of-way from the transfer.
- Makes the transferred land part of the Pit River Tribe Reservation and provides that it shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with laws applicable to Indian trust land.
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide a complete survey of the transferred land within 180 days of enactment.
- Prohibits use of the transferred land for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA)
Actions (18)
- Aug 5, 2026 Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. · senate
- Jun 3, 2026 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. · senate
- Dec 16, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. · senate
- Dec 15, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- Dec 15, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5886-5887) · house
- Dec 15, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5886-5887)
- Dec 15, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2400. · house
- Dec 15, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5886-5888) · house
- Dec 15, 2025 Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
- Sep 15, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245. · house
- Sep 15, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-289. · house
- Jul 23, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. · house
- Jul 23, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Jul 23, 2025 Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged · house
- Apr 30, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Apr 23, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs. · house
- Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in House
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Committee action
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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda
- Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S.1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, S.1514, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, S.3219, to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and H.R.2400, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.
- Hearings to examine S.630, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the Quapaw Nation and certain members of the Quapaw Nation in accordance with the recommendation of the United States Court of Federal Claims, S.1514 and H.R.2389, bills to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, S.2796, to provide for a land exchange in San Bernardino County, California, S.2871 and H.R.2400, bills to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe, S.3219, to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and S.3475 and H.R.2916, bills to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York.
Full text
AN ACT
To take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST.
(a) Transfer of Four Corners Federal Land.—
(1) In general.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Four Corners Federal land is hereby taken into trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe.
(2) Survey.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to the Secretary a complete survey of the Four Corners Federal land.
(b) Administration.—Upon being taken into trust under this section, the lands taken into trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe shall be—
(1) considered part of the Pit River Tribe Reservation; and
(2) administered by the Secretary in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe.
(c) Gaming Prohibited.—Land taken into trust under this section shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
(d) Definitions.—In this Act:
(1) Four corners federal land.—
(A) In general.—The term “Four Corners Federal land” means the approximately 583.79 acres of land managed by the Forest Service generally depicted within the “Proposed Land Conveyance” boundary on the Map, including improvements and appurtenances thereon.
(B) Exclusion.—The term “Four Corners Federal land” does not include the approximately 20.03 acres of roads, highways, and public rights-of-way subject to existing easements generally depicted within the “Proposed Land Conveyance” boundary on the Map.
(2) Map.—The term “Map” means the map titled “Proposed Land Conveyance to the Pit River Tribe” prepared by the Forest Service and dated November 6, 2024.
(3) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
(4) Tribe.—The term “Tribe” means the Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias).
Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2400
AN ACT
To take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.
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