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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2400
To take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the
benefit of the Pit River Tribe.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH27, 2025
Mr. L
AMALFAintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To take certain Federal land in the State of California into
trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pit River Land Trans-4
fer Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds that— 7
(1) the Four Corners land is located in the an-8
cestral territory of the Pit River Tribe; and 9
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(2) the Pit River Tribe has historically used, 1
and has an ongoing relationship with, the Four Cor-2
ners land. 3
SEC. 3. LAND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST. 4
(a) T
RANSFER OF FOURCORNERSFEDERAL 5
L
AND.— 6
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 7
rights, the Four Corners Federal land is hereby 8
taken into trust by the Secretary for the benefit of 9
the Tribe. 10
(2) S
URVEY.—Not later than 180 days after 11
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 12
Agriculture shall provide to the Secretary a complete 13
survey of the Four Corners Federal land. 14
(b) T
RANSFER OFFOURCORNERSFEELAND.— 15
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 16
after the date of the enactment of this Act, at the 17
request of the Tribe, the Secretary shall accept title 18
to the Four Corners Fee land. 19
(2) L
AND TAKEN INTO TRUST .—Not later than 20
180 days after the completion of the transfer of the 21
title to the Four Corners Fee land to the Secretary 22
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take 23
the Four Corners Fee land into trust for the benefit 24
of the Tribe. 25
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(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Upon being taken into trust 1
under this section, the lands taken into trust by the Sec-2
retary for the benefit of the Tribe shall be— 3
(1) considered part of the Pit River Tribe Res-4
ervation; and 5
(2) administered by the Secretary in accordance 6
with the laws and regulations generally applicable to 7
property held in trust by the United States for an 8
Indian Tribe. 9
(d) G
AMINGPROHIBITED.—Land taken into trust 10
under this section shall not be used for any class II gam-11
ing or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regu-12
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are 13
defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 14
(e) D
EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 15
(1) F
OUR CORNERS FEDERAL LAND .— 16
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Four Cor-17
ners Federal land’’ means the approximately 18
583.79 acres of land managed by the Forest 19
Service generally depicted within the ‘‘Proposed 20
Land Conveyance’’ boundary on the Map, in-21
cluding improvements and appurtenances there-22
on. 23
(B) E
XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Four Cor-24
ners Federal land’’ does not include the ap-25
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proximately 20.03 acres of roads, highways, 1
and public rights-of-way subject to existing 2
easements generally depicted within the ‘‘Pro-3
posed Land Conveyance’’ boundary on the Map. 4
(2) F
OUR CORNERS FEE LAND .—The term 5
‘‘Four Corners Fee land’’ means the approximately 6
40.18 acres of land generally depicted as ‘‘Tribal- 7
Owned Property’’ on the Map. 8
(3) M
AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map ti-9
tled ‘‘Proposed Land Conveyance to the Pit River 10
Tribe’’ prepared by the Forest Service and dated 11
November 6, 2024. 12
(4) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 13
the Secretary of the Interior. 14
(5) T
RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Pit 15
River Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, Big 16
Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and 17
Roaring Creek Rancherias). 18
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