Two federal land parcels swap managers in California.
S. 2881 — A bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes. · Filed by Alex Padilla (D-CA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill moves 160 acres of National Forest land to Yosemite National Park. It moves 170 acres of National Park land to Stanislaus National Forest. Both are in Tuolumne County, California. The bill keeps all old rights, permits, and cleanup duties with each group. Both groups can adjust boundary lines by publishing notice in the Federal Register.
Who it affects
The Forest Service and Interior Department manage the land swap. People who visit the parks and forests may see clearer management. Old permits and public access stay the same.
One thing to notice
The bill keeps pollution cleanup duties with the group that transfers the land. Each group stays responsible for any pollution it caused, even after the land changes hands.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Sep 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 18, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.”
- Feb 4, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 3 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $239,430 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 13 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.
Alex Padilla, who sponsored the bill, received $175,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- National Parks Conservation Association — $139,430 in 1 report
- Cepi-u.s. — $80,000 in 1 report
- 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 land managed by the Forest Service for timber, wildlife, and fun.
- National Park — Public land managed by Interior for nature, wildlife, and visitor fun.
- Federal Register — An official government paper where groups announce rules and notices.
- 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 (4,793 characters) on Aug 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 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 Dec 2025 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 18, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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