Congress gives 557 acres of forest land to Pit River Tribe.
H.R. 2400 — Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026 · Filed by Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Passed both chambers
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What it does
The bill transfers about 557 acres of federal forest land to the Pit River Tribe. The land is in California. The federal government holds the land in trust for the tribe. The tribe can manage and use the land, but cannot use it for gambling. The bill requires a survey within 180 days. The tribe and federal government can fix errors together.
Who it affects
The Pit River Tribe gets control of the land. The tribe is a Native American nation in California. The tribe can now make choices about how to use the land.
One thing to notice
The tribe cannot use the land for gambling, which limits ways to make money. The federal government keeps control of 87 acres of roads and rights.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Mar 27, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 27, 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 15, 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 H5886-5887)”
- Dec 15, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
- Sep 30, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $10,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 2 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Doug LaMalfa, who sponsored the bill, received $278,010 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Pit River Tribe — $10,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- trust — The federal government holds and protects land or money for a tribe.
- gambling — Games where people bet money or things of value to try to win.
- survey — A careful measurement and study of land to mark its borders and features.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,518 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 16,778 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 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-02.
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