Federal land restored to California tribe after decades of dispossession.
H.R. 2302 — Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025 · Filed by Tom McClintock (R-CA) · Introduced Mar 24, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill transfers approximately 265 acres of federal land in California into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The land—80 acres of BLM land and 185 acres known as Indian Creek Ranch—will become part of the tribe's reservation and be administered by the Department of Interior under standard trust rules, but cannot be used for gambling under federal Indian gaming law.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is the transfer of federal land into trust status for a federally recognized Indian tribe, a standard form of tribal sovereignty and economic development support under federal Indian law.
What the text implies
- The gaming prohibition may limit the tribe's ability to develop gaming revenue—a significant economic driver for many tribes—though it does not prevent other economic uses of the land.
- The 180-day deadline and survey authority give Interior discretion over the timing and technical execution of the transfer, potentially creating implementation delays if surveys are required.
- Once land is held in trust, it is generally removed from state and local tax rolls, which may affect county revenue in the transfer area.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill restores land to a federally recognized Indian tribe, addressing a historical land dispossession and strengthening tribal sovereignty and economic self-determination. The gaming prohibition is a reasonable public-policy constraint that does not negate the core benefit of land restoration.
Who stands to gain
- Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (tribal economic development and land base)
Named in the bill
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department of Interior, Secretary of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
Where it stands
- Mar 24, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 24, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Apr 30, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
- Jul 23, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jul 23, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5071)”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $120,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 2 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Tom McClintock, the sponsor, reported $165,376 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Shingle Springs Rancheria — $120,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 21, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,854 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 21, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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