Federal · 119th Congress
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026
Policy areaNative Americans
Summary
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
This bill takes approximately 603.94 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 the following lands into trust for the benefit of the tribe: (1) 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), and (2) approximately 40.18 acres of fee land held by the tribe. These combined lands, approximately 603.94 acres, shall be part of the tribe's reservation. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
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Other titles3
To take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.Official Title as IntroducedOfficial Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025Short Title(s) as IntroducedShort Title(s) as Reported to HouseShort Title(s) as Passed HouseShort Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026Short Title(s) as Reported to SenateShort Title(s) from Engrossed Amendment Senate bill text
Legislative history20
Sep 30, 2026
Senate · FloorPassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5297-5298)
Sep 22, 2026
SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 676.
Sep 22, 2026
Senate · CommitteeCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-147.
Aug 5, 2026
Senate · CommitteeCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 3, 2026
Senate · CommitteeCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Dec 16, 2025
SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Dec 15, 2025
House · FloorMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 15, 2025
House · FloorOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5886-5887)
Dec 15, 2025
House · FloorDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2400.
Dec 15, 2025
House · FloorConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5886-5888)
Dec 15, 2025
House · FloorMr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 15, 2025
HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
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Documents8
Texts
As referred to a Senate committeeLatestReferred in SenateU.S. Government Publishing OfficeDec 16, 2025As the Senate passed it, with the Senate's amendmentEngrossed Amendment SenateU.S. Government Publishing OfficeSep 30, 2026As passed by the HouseEngrossed in HouseU.S. Government Publishing OfficeDec 15, 2025As reported by the Senate committeeReported in SenateU.S. Government Publishing OfficeSep 22, 2026As reported by the House committeeReported in HouseU.S. Government Publishing OfficeSep 15, 2025As introduced in the HouseIntroduced in HouseU.S. Government Publishing OfficeMar 27, 2025