[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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