December 19, 2025
Ms. Titus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians.
Section 1. Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
(a) Land into trust
Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the covered land—
(1)
is hereby taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe; and
(2)
shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe.
(b) Survey
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a survey to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust under subsection (a).
(c) Renewable energy transmission corridor
As a condition of taking the land into trust under subsection (a), not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, an approximately 300-foot-wide right-of-way (as generally depicted on the Map) shall be granted by the Tribe to a qualified electric utility for the construction and maintenance of high-voltage transmission facilities consistent with existing renewable energy transmission agreements between the Tribe and the qualified electric utility on the Snow Mountain Reservation.
(d) Gaming
Class II gaming and class III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)) are prohibited on the land taken into trust under subsection (a).
(e) Water rights
(1) In general
Nothing in this section affirms or denies Federal reserved rights to surface water or groundwater for any land taken into trust under subsection (a).
(2) State water rights
The Tribe shall retain any right or claim to water under State law for any land taken into trust under subsection (a).
(f) Intergovernmental agreement
Nothing in this section affects the implementation of the March 2021 Intergovernmental Agreement between the Tribe and the City of Las Vegas.
(g) Conforming amendment
Section 3092 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3870) is repealed.
(h) Definition
In this section:
(1) Covered land
The term covered land means the approximately 3,156 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, as generally depicted on the Map.
(2) Map
The term Map means the map titled Southern Nevada Land Management
and dated November 14, 2024.
(3) Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(4) Tribe
The term Tribe means the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada.