December 16, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
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Sec. 2. Land to be taken into trust
(a) Transfer of Four Corners Federal land
(1) In general
Subject to valid existing rights, the Four Corners Federal land is hereby taken into trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe.
(2) Survey
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to the Secretary a complete survey of the Four Corners Federal land.
(b) Administration
Upon being taken into trust under this section, the lands taken into trust by the Secretary for the benefit of the Tribe shall be—
(1)
considered part of the Pit River Tribe Reservation; and
(2)
administered by the Secretary in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe.
(c) Gaming prohibited
Land taken into trust under this section shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
(d) Definitions
In this Act:
(1) Four Corners Federal land
(A) In general
The term Four Corners Federal land means the approximately 583.79 acres of land managed by the Forest Service generally depicted within the Proposed Land Conveyance
boundary on the Map, including improvements and appurtenances thereon.
(B) Exclusion
The term Four Corners Federal land does not include the approximately 20.03 acres of roads, highways, and public rights-of-way subject to existing easements generally depicted within the Proposed Land Conveyance
boundary on the Map.
(2) Map
The term Map means the map titled Proposed Land Conveyance to the Pit River Tribe
prepared by the Forest Service and dated November 6, 2024.
(3) Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
(4) Tribe
The term Tribe means the Pit River Tribe, California (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias).