Roughly 584 acres of national forest land near the Four Corners area in Northern California would be transferred from the Forest Service to the Interior Department and placed into trust for the Pit River Tribe, becoming part of the Tribe's reservation. The bill carves out about 20 acres of existing roads and public rights-of-way from the transfer. As with similar land trust bills, gambling operations would be prohibited on the transferred land. A survey of the property must be completed within 180 days.
Congressional Summary
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025This 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.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-09-18
- Date Added
- 2026-04-09