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Gives 557 Forest Acres to Pit River Tribe
Recent Bills/Gives 557 Forest Acres to Pit River Tribe

Gives 557 Forest Acres to Pit River Tribe

IntroducedMarch 27, 2025
Final Version1 month ago
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Senate
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The Senate changed it. The House has to agree before it goes to the President.
Native AmericansCaliforniaIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfers
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Why This Matters
Right now

The Four Corners land is federal land managed by the Forest Service.

This bill moves about 557 acres of national forest land in California out of Forest Service control and has the federal government hold it in trust for the Pit River Tribe as part of its reservation?.

If you use the Four Corners national forest land in California, about 470 acres would become Pit River Tribe reservation land, while roads and existing easements? stay outside the transfer.
Who this affects
Pit River Tribe members · Nearby California residents · National forest visitors · Easement and permit holders
What this bill changes
  1. 1The Forest Service hands control of about 557 acres in California, called the Four Corners land, to the Interior Department to hold for the Tribe.
  2. 2About 87 acres of roads, highways, public rights-of-way?, easements, and special use permit areas inside the boundary stay out of the transfer.
  3. 3The Interior Department must complete a full survey of the land within 180 days after the bill becomes law.

The debate

The case for

The tribe has asked for its ancestral land for years, but it remains federal.

House Natural Resources CommitteeMajority report
vs

The case against

No committee member filed a written objection, and the House passed it by voice vote and the Senate by unanimous consent.

Go deeper

Read the detailed summary

Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026This bill takes approximately 557 acres of specified federal land in Shasta County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe. The land, known as the Four Corners Property, is currently administered and managed by the Forest Service. Administrative jurisdiction over the land must be transferred to the Department of the Interior. Interior must then take the land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. The land taken into trust shall be part of the Tribe's reservation. The bill also prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

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IntroducedMar 27, 2025
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HouseDec 15, 2025

Passed by voice vote.

SenateSep 30

Passed with no objections.

Final VersionCurrent

The Senate changed it. The House has to agree before it goes to the President.

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Donald Trump
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