Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
This bill would transfer two specific parcels of federal land in California into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, effectively expanding the tribe’s reservation land. It revokes a 1964 Public Land Order affecting the land and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place roughly 80 acres and 185 acres into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians within 180 days of enactment, subject to any valid existing rights. The land would become part of the tribe’s reservation and be managed by the federal government as trust land. The bill also prohibits any Class II or Class III gaming on the transferred lands and requires a land survey if needed, with the survey and any corrections made publicly available. In short, the bill aims to broaden the tribe’s land base and sovereignty by bringing specific federal lands into trust, while limiting gaming on that land and ensuring proper land description and administration.
Key Points
- 1Revocation of Public Land Order: The bill revokes Public Land Order 3309 (dated January 17, 1964) and transfers jurisdiction over the affected land to the Secretary of the Interior.
- 2Trust Land Transfer: Within 180 days after enactment, about 80 acres (BLM Land-Proposed Transfer into Trust) and about 185 acres (Indian Creek Ranch-Proposed Transfer into Trust Land Status) are to be placed into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.
- 3Review and Survey: The Secretary must review whether a survey is required, and if so, conduct a survey and may correct minor clerical/surveying errors; the survey (if completed) must be publicly available.
- 4Reservation Status and Administration: The transferred land becomes part of the Tribe’s Reservation and is administered by the Secretary under the usual trust land rules for American Indian lands.
- 5Prohibition on Gaming: The transferred land may not be used for Class II or Class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.