Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2400 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2400

To take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for
                  the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2025

 Mr. LaMalfa 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 Pit River Tribe.

    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 ``Pit River Land Transfer Act of
2025''.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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).
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