Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
H.R. 2302, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025, would revoke a 1964 Public Land Order and place into trust approximately 265 acres of federal land in California (about 80 acres plus about 185 acres) for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (Shingle Springs Rancheria). The land would be treated as part of the Tribe’s Reservation and administered by the Secretary of the Interior under the usual laws governing federal trust lands for Indian Tribes. The act requires the land to be placed into trust within 180 days of enactment, subject to valid existing rights, and allows for a Land Survey if needed. Importantly, the land added to the trust cannot be used for Class II or Class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The bill relies on a May 2, 2025 map prepared by the Bureau of Land Management to describe the parcels involved.
Key Points
- 1Revocation of Public Land Order 3309 (Sacramento 071209) and transfer of its jurisdiction to the Secretary of the Interior.
- 2Trust transfer: about 80 acres and about 185 acres, depicted on the map as “BLM Land-Proposed Transfer into Trust” and “Indian Creek Ranch-Proposed Transfer into Trust Land Status.”
- 3Deadline: land to be placed into trust within 180 days after enactment, subject to valid existing rights.
- 4Review and possible survey: the Secretary must review whether a survey is required; if so, the Secretary shall conduct a survey and may make minor corrections to the land description; surveys (if done) must be publicly available.
- 5Land status and administration: the land becomes part of the Tribe’s Reservation and is administered by the Secretary in line with laws applicable to federal trust lands for Indian Tribes.
- 6Gaming prohibition: land taken into trust cannot be used for Class II or Class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
- 7Definitions: Map (BLM map dated May 2, 2025), Reservation, Secretary, and Tribe (Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria, California).