Utah courts gain power over Shivwits tribal land disputes.
H.R. 3073 — Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act · Filed by Celeste Maloy (R-UT) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 29, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill lets Utah state courts handle civil lawsuits on Shivwits tribal lands. It says contracts on those lands must use federal arbitration. The bill also adds the Shivwits to a federal leasing law. The tribe keeps some legal protections but loses control over many disputes.
Who it affects
The Shivwits Band of Paiutes loses power to decide civil cases on their own lands. Utah state courts and the federal government gain power over those disputes. Tribal members, companies doing business on tribal lands, and lenders are affected.
One thing to notice
The bill moves tribal disputes away from tribal courts to state and federal courts. Tribal control over conflicts on its own lands gets smaller.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Apr 29, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Apr 29, 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”
- Jan 22, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jan 22, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent”
- Mar 16, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2515)”
- Mar 16, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- civil lawsuits — Court cases between people or groups about money, property, or contracts, not crimes.
- federal arbitration — A private process where a neutral person decides disputes instead of a court.
- tribal courts — Courts run by a Native American tribe to handle disputes on tribal lands.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,610 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 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 2026-09-21.
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