About 265 acres of federal land in El Dorado County, California — including roughly 80 acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management and about 185 acres known as Indian Creek Ranch — would be transferred into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, becoming part of their reservation. The bill explicitly prohibits the land from being used for casino gambling. The Interior Department would have 180 days to complete the transfer and conduct any needed surveys.
Congressional Summary
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025This 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.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-09-08
- Date Added
- 2026-04-09