YourVoice.Now Summary
EnvironmentTransparency & AccountabilityA 1,475-acre piece of San Bernardino National Forest would become tribal land, traded for 1,460 acres the Nation owns.
Environment
The Nation would hand the government about 1,460 acres it already owns. Those acres would become part of the San Bernardino National Forest and follow the same forest rules.
The government would hold back a right of way over three forest roads that cross the land it gives up. The bill grants that right for the Forest Service to get in and use the roads; it does not spell out public access.
Before the land changes hands, the Nation would have to sign an agreement with the Forest Service to protect the historical and cultural integrity of the Arrowhead landmark. How much protection is left to what the two sides agree on.
These acres would leave the National Forest System and become the Nation's land. The bill hands over full title, along with the rights and improvements on the ground.
Transparency & Accountability
The exact acreage and legal description of each side's land would come from a survey. Both the Forest Service and the Nation would have to approve that survey before the land changes hands, so neither side sets the boundaries on its own.
The Arrowhead protection agreement would be filed in San Bernardino County's official records and in Forest Service records. That makes the terms findable by anyone who looks them up.
Land swaps like this normally run under section 206 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act. That law calls for the two sides' land to be worth about the same and for an official finding that the trade serves the public. This bill says that section does not apply.
More about this bill
About 1,475 acres of the San Bernardino National Forest would stop being public forest land. Those acres would go to the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, also known as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. The land is the Nation's ancestral territory. In trade, the Nation would give the government about 1,460 acres it already owns. That land would join the same national forest. The Forest Service would keep a legal right to use three roads there: 1N22, 1N24, and 1N25. The trade would start when the Nation offers its land. The Forest Service would then have up to one year to finish it. Both the Forest Service and the Nation would have to approve the land surveys. The Nation would pay for the survey of its own land. Within a year of the bill becoming law, the Nation would also have to sign an agreement to protect the Arrowhead landmark. That agreement would go into San Bernardino County's public records. The swap skips the federal land law that normally calls for an equal-value appraisal and a public interest finding. The House passed the bill in September 2026, and the Senate would have to agree before any of it happens.
Congressional Summary
Congress's official summary of this bill still describes an earlier version of the text, so we have left it out here. You can read it on Congress.gov.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-06-11
- Date Added
- 2026-07-24
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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