Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025 - Summary **What the Bill Does** This bill transfers approximately 604 acres of land in California to the Pit River Tribe, making it part of the tribe's official reservation. Most of the land (about 584 acres) is currently managed by the U.S. Forest Service, while the remaining 40 acres is already owned by the tribe. The bill explicitly prohibits gambling operations on any of this transferred land. **Who It Affects** The primary beneficiary is the Pit River Tribe, a Native American nation in California.
The transfer also affects the Department of the Interior and Forest Service, which will no longer manage the federal portion of the land. The bill maintains existing public rights-of-way (like roads and highways) on about 20 acres, so public access to those routes would continue. **Current Status** The bill has passed the House of Representatives and is now awaiting action in the Senate. It was sponsored by Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-CA).
CRS Official Summary
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025This bill takes approximately 603.94 acres of specified lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to take the following lands into trust for the benefit of the tribe: (1) approximately 583.79 acres of federal land managed by the Forest Service (but excluding approximately 20.03 acres of roads, highways, and public rights-of-way subject to existing easements), and (2) approximately 40.18 acres of fee land held by the tribe. These combined lands, approximately 603.94 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.