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S. 2735 119th Congress Senate

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 8, 2025 Introduced by: Alex Padilla Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Native Americans CaliforniaIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfers
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Sep 22, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674.
Sep 22, 2026
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-149.
May 20, 2026
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dec 17, 2025
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Sep 8, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6403)
Sep 8, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025

This bill takes approximately 265 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 80 acres of federal land managed by Interior's Bureau of Land Management (which includes the land transferred from the Forest Service), and (2) approximately 185 acres of fee land held by the tribe. These combined lands, approximately 265 acres, shall be part of the tribe's reservation. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2302 Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 8, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2735: Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2735/
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