HR 5682
119th Congress
House
Native Americans
California
Congressional oversight
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
Introduced: October 3, 2025
Introduced by:
Issa, Darrell
Republican
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.
Apr 2, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-585.
Mar 5, 2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 5, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 5, 2026
Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
Nov 19, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Nov 12, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
Oct 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Oct 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill takes approximately 860 acres of land in Riverside County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians. The land is currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
The land taken into trust shall be (1) part of the tribe's reservation; (2) maintained as an open space; and (3) used only for purposes consistent with the maintenance of the land as open space and for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources on the land. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land.
What's happening now
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.
Committees of jurisdiction
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