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H.R. 2252Passed House
North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026
Introduced: Mar 21, 2025
Latest action date: May 20, 2026
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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- 119th Congress
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- Mar 21, 2025
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What this bill does
North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026
This bill allows North Dakota to exchange certain state land grant parcels (e.g., lands granted to North Dakota by Congress when it became a state) located wholly or partially within an Indian reservation for certain federal land of substantially equivalent value. North Dakota manages oil, gas, and agriculture leases on state land grant parcels to generate revenue for education and other public benefits. However, tribal reservations were created on state land grant parcels and reduced the amount of land available for revenue generation.
Specifically, the bill allows the North Dakota Board of University and School Lands to exchange with the Department of the Interior state land grant parcels located wholly or partially within tribal reservations for certain public land in North Dakota administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Upon the request of a tribe, Interior must hold exchanged land within the tribe's reservation in trust on behalf of the tribe.
Further, the bill provides for the continuation of active grazing operations on land exchanged under this bill.
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Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Indian lands and resources rightsIntergovernmental relationsLand transfersNorth Dakota
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
IntroReferralSenateMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
FloorHouse floor actionsPassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3567-3569)
FloorLibrary of CongressOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3567-3569)
FloorHouse floor actionsDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2252.
FloorHouse floor actionsConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3567-3570)
FloorHouse floor actionsMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
FloorHouse floor actionsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
CalendarsHouse floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-581.
CommitteeHouse floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-581.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
CommitteeHouse committee actionsOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsIntroduced in House
IntroReferralLibrary of CongressIntroduced in House
IntroReferralLibrary of CongressReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
IntroReferralHouse floor actions
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