Two government groups swap forest land in California for better care.
H.R. 8454 — To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes. · Filed by Tom McClintock (R-CA) · Introduced Apr 22, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The Forest Service gives about 160 acres to the Interior Department. The Interior Department gives about 170 acres to the Forest Service. Both parcels are in Tuolumne County, California, near Yosemite. All leases, permits, and rights stay valid. The new group that runs each parcel must honor them.
Who it affects
The two government groups now run the land in new ways. People who hunt, fish, or have permits keep their rights. Visitors to Yosemite and Stanislaus National Forest may see changes.
One thing to notice
The two groups can adjust the edges of the swapped land after the bill passes if both agree. They do not need to ask Congress again.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Apr 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Apr 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Jul 1, 2026 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent”
- Sep 14, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote”
- Sep 14, 2026 — 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 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $20,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 13 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Tom McClintock, who sponsored the bill, received $169,876 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- The Trust for Public Land — $20,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- National Forest — public forest land run by the Forest Service for many uses
- permits — official papers that give someone the right to do something
- Interior Department — the government group that runs national parks and public lands
- Forest Service — the government group that runs national forests
- 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.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,186 characters) on Jul 25, 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 17, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-01.
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