Federal land in Washington returned to Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
H.R. 2388 — Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act · Filed by Emily Randall (D-WA) · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill gives about 1,082.63 acres of federal land to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. The land is in Olympic National Park. It includes part of the Elwha River. The tribe will own and manage the land. The tribe cannot use it for gambling.
Who it affects
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe gains control of the land. The Elwha River restoration project will continue on this land. People who visit the river and park can still use it.
One thing to notice
The tribe cannot use the land for gambling. This is different from other tribal lands where tribes can run casinos.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Mar 26, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 26, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- May 20, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
- Jun 25, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jun 25, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5080)”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,763 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 14,342 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 2026-09-18.
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