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S. 622Passed Senate
Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025
Introduced: Feb 18, 2025
Latest action date: Dec 15, 2025
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Feb 18, 2025
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What this bill does
Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025
This bill transfers certain federal land located in the Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota, to the Department of the Interior for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to transfer for the benefit of the tribe land in the Chippewa National Forest that records maintained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs show was sold without the unanimous consent of the rightful landowners.
Upon agreement between USDA and the tribe, USDA shall substitute alternative National Forest System land located in Cass County, Minnesota, on an acre-for-acre basis for those parcels of federal land to be transferred in a manner that avoids inholdings and provides a preference for land adjacent to or near existing Leech Lake trust lands and lands of cultural importance to the tribe, to the maximum extent practicable.
USDA may transfer land to Interior on a rolling basis as that land is identified and surveys are completed.
USDA, acting through the U.S. Forest Service, must provide for public engagement and comment to implement this bill.
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Congressional oversightFederal-Indian relationsForests, forestry, treesIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersMinnesota
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FloorHouse floor actionsReceived in the House.
FloorHouse floor actionsMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
FloorSenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8687-8688; text: CR S8688)
FloorSenatePassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
FloorLibrary of CongressCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-78.
CommitteeSenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-78.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 187.
CalendarsSenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
CommitteeSenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
IntroReferralSenateIntroduced in Senate
IntroReferralLibrary of Congress
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