Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2302 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2302

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2025

Mr. McClintock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 
Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF PUBLIC LAND ORDER; LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST.

    (a) Revocation of Public Land Order.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law--
            (1) Public Land Order 3309 (Sacramento 071209), dated 
        January 17, 1964 (29 Fed. Reg. 609), is revoked; and
            (2) jurisdiction over the land described in the public land 
        order referred to in paragraph (1) is transferred to the 
        Secretary.
    (b) Trust Transfer.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary 
shall place the following land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe:
            (1) The approximately 85.3 acres of land generally depicted 
        as ``BLM Land - Proposed Transfer into Trust'' on the Map.
            (2) The approximately 118.84 acres of land generally 
        depicted as ``Indian Creek Ranch - Proposed Transfer into Trust 
        Land Status'' on the Map.
    (c) Lands Part of Reservation; Administration.--The land taken into 
trust under subsection (b)--
            (1) is hereby declared to be part of the Reservation; and
            (2) shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance 
        with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property 
        held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe.
    (d) Gaming Prohibited.--Land taken into trust under subsection (b) 
shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms 
are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map prepared by the 
        Bureau of Land Management titled ``Proposed Bureau of Land 
        Management Land Transfer to Shingle Springs Rancheria'' and 
        dated February 25, 2025.
            (2) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the 
        reservation of the Tribe.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Shingle Springs 
        Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona 
        Tract), California.
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