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HR 5529 115th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight Federal-Indian relations Forests, forestry, trees Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Minnesota

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act

Introduced: April 17, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Apr 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Apr 17, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 17, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 11,760 acres of identified federal land in the Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota. Immediately upon transfer, the federal land shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and considered as a part of its reservation.

The federal land shall not become eligible or be used for gaming activities under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

What's happening now April 20, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 26, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5529: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5529/
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"H.R. 5529: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5529/.
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H.R. 5529, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5529/.
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