Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025 .
2Findings
This section would record two findings by Congress: that the Four Corners land is located within the ancestral territory of the Pit River Tribe, and that the Tribe has historically used the Four Corners land and has an ongoing relationship with it.
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2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) the Four Corners land is located in the ancestral territory of the Pit River Tribe; and (2) the Pit River Tribe has historically used, and has an ongoing relationship with, the Four Corners land.
3Land to be taken into trust
This section would take specific parcels of California land into trust for the Pit River Tribe. Subject to any valid existing rights, it would immediately take about 583.79 acres of Forest Service-managed land, called the Four Corners Federal land, into trust for the Tribe; this land would not include about 20.03 acres of roads, highways, and public rights-of-way covered by existing easements. Within 180 days after the Act's enactment, the Secretary of Agriculture would have to give the Secretary of the Interior a complete survey of the Four Corners Federal land. Separately, within 180 days after enactment and at the Tribe's request, the Secretary of the Interior would have to accept title to about 40.18 acres of land, called the Four Corners Fee land, shown as Tribal-owned property on a map titled "Proposed Land Conveyance to the Pit River Tribe" dated November 6, 2024; within 180 days after that title transfer is completed, the Secretary would then have to take the Four Corners Fee land into trust for the Tribe. Once land is taken into trust under this section, it would become part of the Pit River Tribe Reservation and would be administered under the laws and regulations that generally apply to property the United States holds in trust for an Indian tribe. None of the land taken into trust under this section could be used for class II or class III gaming as those terms are defined under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. For purposes of the Act, "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior, and "Tribe" means the Pit River Tribe, California, which includes the XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias.
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3. Land to be taken into trust (a) Transfer of Four Corners Federal land (1) In general Subject to valid existing rights, the Four Corners Federal land is hereby taken into trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe. (2) Survey Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to the Secretary a complete survey of the Four Corners Federal land. (b) Transfer of Four Corners Fee land (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, at the request of the Tribe, the Secretary shall accept title to the Four Corners Fee land. (2) Land taken into trust Not later than 180 days after the completion of the transfer of the title to the Four Corners Fee land to the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take the Four Corners Fee land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. (c) Administration Upon being taken into trust under this section, the lands taken into trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe shall be— (1) considered part of the Pit River Tribe Reservation; and (2) 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 this section 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 Act: (1) Four Corners Federal land (A) In general The term Four Corners Federal land means the approximately 583.79 acres of land managed by the Forest Service generally depicted within the Proposed Land Conveyance boundary on the Map, including improvements and appurtenances thereon. (B) Exclusion The term Four Corners Federal land does not include the approximately 20.03 acres of roads, highways, and public rights-of-way subject to existing easements generally depicted within the Proposed Land Conveyance boundary on the Map. (2) Four Corners Fee land The term Four Corners Fee land means the approximately 40.18 acres of land generally depicted as Tribal-Owned Property on the Map. (3) Map The term Map means the map titled Proposed Land Conveyance to the Pit River Tribe prepared by the Forest Service and dated November 6, 2024. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) Tribe The term Tribe means the Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias).
Where it is
In the House.