S. 2735 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, sent to the Committee on Indian Affairs, Sep 8, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryTransfers California land to Miwok tribe
This bill takes about 265 acres of land in El Dorado County, California and officially designates it as part of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians' reservation. The land comes from two sources: roughly 80 acres currently managed by the federal government, and roughly 185 acres already owned by the tribe. The bill moves some of this land from Forest Service control to the Department of the Interior, and it prohibits gambling operations on any of the land.
How it affects you
This change directly affects the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, as it expands their reservation land and strengthens their control over it. For others in the area, this is primarily a legal and administrative matter involving federal land management and tribal sovereignty rather than a change that directly impacts daily life.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Sep 8, 2025)
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 2735
A BILL
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) · Introduced Sep 8, 2025 · Native Americans · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Sep 22, 2026: “Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 2 official versions.