S 2871 119th Congress Senate Native Americans

Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025

Introduced: September 18, 2025 Introduced by: Padilla, Alex Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Sep 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6734)

Sep 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025

This bill takes approximately 583.79 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 into trust for the benefit of the tribe 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). This land shall be part of the tribe's reservation. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

What's happening now September 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6734)

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine S.630, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the Quapaw Nation and certain…
Open Hearing Jun 3, 2026 · 2:00 PM EDT · Indian Affairs Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Indian Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 3

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SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
for PIT RIVER TRIBE · California · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
for PIT RIVER TRIBE · California · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
for PIT RIVER TRIBE · California · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

Cosponsors 1

Schiff, Adam B.

California · Sep 18, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2871: Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2871/

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"S. 2871: Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2871/.

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S. 2871, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2871/.

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