South Dakota county gets 9 acres of federal forest land free.
H.R. 10190 — Pennington County Land Conveyance Act · Filed by Dusty Johnson (R-SD) · Introduced Aug 31, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Secretary of Agriculture to give land to Pennington County, South Dakota. The county gets about 8.97 acres in the Black Hills National Forest. The county can use it for a highway maintenance facility or other public works. The Forest Service will change its boundary.
Who it affects
Pennington County gets the land and decides how to use it. The federal government loses control of the land.
One thing to notice
The bill does not require the county to keep the land for a highway facility. The bill does not require environmental review or public input.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 31, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 31, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- public works — Projects built and paid for by the government to serve the public.
- Secretary of Agriculture — The government official who runs the Department of Agriculture.
- Black Hills National Forest — A large forest owned by the federal government in South Dakota.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,435 characters) on Sep 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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