Federal forest land given to Grand Ronde Tribe in Oregon.
H.R. 10458 — Grand Ronde Land Transfer Act of 2026 · Filed by Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill moves about 18,628 acres of federal forest land. The land goes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior. It will be held in trust for the Grand Ronde Tribe. The tribe will manage the land under tribal law. People can still hunt, fish, and use the land for fun. The tribe cannot build casinos on it. The tribe must follow federal rules about selling logs.
Who it affects
The Grand Ronde Tribe gains control over the land. The tribe can make money from it. People who hunt, fish, or camp keep the right to use it. The federal government keeps some say over how the land is used.
One thing to notice
The tribe gets to manage the forest and make money from it. But the tribe cannot use the land for casinos and must follow federal rules about logs.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 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
- held in trust — The government holds land for a tribe and manages it for the tribe's benefit.
- tribal law — Rules made and enforced by a Native American tribe on its own land.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,220 characters) on Sep 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,975 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 2026-09-25.
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