AI-assisted analysis based on the official CRS summary. Source version: Aug 1, 2025. Analysis updated: Sep 15, 2026.
01 — The Text
What.
- Approximately 204.14 acres of land in El Dorado County, California are to be taken into trust by the Department of Interior for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians
- The lands consist of approximately 85.3 acres of federal Bureau of Land Management land (including land transferred from the Forest Service) and approximately 118.84 acres of fee land already held by the tribe
- A public land order designating the land for Forest Service use as an experiment station is revoked
- Land managed by the Forest Service is administratively transferred to the Department of Interior
- Gaming is prohibited on the land taken into trust
02 — The Stakes
So what?
- The combined acreage becomes part of the tribe's reservation
- Federal lands shift from Forest Service management to Department of Interior management under trust status
- The restriction on gaming limits potential economic development activities on the trust lands
03 — The Path
Now what?
- House passed the bill as amended by voice vote on December 9, 2025
- Senate received the bill and referred it to Committee on Indian Affairs on December 10, 2025
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs ordered the bill to be reported favorably without amendment on May 20, 2026
Legislative History
Actions.
- May 20, 2026 — Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Dec 10, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Dec 9, 2025 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5071)
- Dec 9, 2025 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5071)
- Dec 9, 2025 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2302.
- Dec 9, 2025 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5071-5073)
- Dec 9, 2025 — Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.