Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025 **What the bill does:** This bill would transfer approximately 204 acres of land in El Dorado County, California to the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, a federally recognized Native American tribe. The land would become part of the tribe's reservation and be held in trust by the federal government on their behalf. The transfer includes about 85 acres of federal land currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management (and the Forest Service) plus about 119 acres the tribe already owns.
The bill specifically prohibits the tribe from using any of this land for gaming or casinos. **Who it affects:** The bill primarily benefits the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians by expanding their reservation lands. It also affects federal land management agencies, which would transfer control of the federal acreage to the Department of the Interior. The local community in El Dorado County may be affected by changes to land use and tribal jurisdiction in the area. **Current status:** The bill has passed the House of Representatives and is awaiting action in the Senate.
CRS Official Summary
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025This 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.
Latest Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.