Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025

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Explore the details of Senate Bill 2735 Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025 currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Native Americans. Stay informed on legislative developments.

12/18/2025, 12:03 PM

Summary of Bill S 2735

The bill introduced in the 119th Congress, numbered S.2735, aims to take specific federal land in California into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.

Congressional Summary of S 2735

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025

This bill takes approximately 265 acres of specified lands in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.

The bill revokes a specified public land order and administratively transfers the land from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. (In the public land order, the land was designated for use by the Forest Service as an experiment station.)

The bill directs Interior to take the following lands into trust for the benefit of the tribe: (1) approximately 80 acres of federal land managed by Interior's Bureau of Land Management (which includes the land transferred from the Forest Service), and (2) approximately 185 acres of fee land held by the tribe. These combined lands, approximately 265 acres, shall be part of the tribe's reservation. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

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Current Status of Bill S 2735

Bill S 2735 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since September 8, 2025. Bill S 2735 was introduced during Congress 119 and was introduced to the Senate on September 8, 2025. Bill S 2735's most recent activity was Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. as of December 17, 2025

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Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 2735

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Native Americans

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 2735

A bill to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok IOndians, and for other purposes.