H.R. 2400 · 119th Congress

Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026

Introduced on Mar 27, 2025 by Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1). Latest action (Sep 30, 2026): Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5297-5298)

Stage
Passed both chambers
Introduced
Mar 27, 2025
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.

Subjects

  • California
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Land transfers

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 27, 2025). Public domain.

Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025

This bill takes approximately 603.94 acres of specified lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.

Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to take the following lands into trust for the benefit of the tribe: (1) approximately 583.79 acres of federal land managed by the Forest Service (but excluding approximately 20.03 acres of roads, highways, and public rights-of-way subject to existing easements), and (2) approximately 40.18 acres of fee land held by the tribe. These combined lands, approximately 603.94 acres, shall be part of the tribe's reservation. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Doug LaMalfaR-CA-1Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 27, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 27, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 27, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. Apr 23, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
  5. Apr 30, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
  6. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
  7. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-289.
  10. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-289.
  11. Sep 15, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
  12. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseMr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5886-5888)
  14. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2400.
  15. Dec 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5886-5887)
  16. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5886-5887)
  17. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Dec 16, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  19. Jun 3, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
  20. Aug 5, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  21. Sep 22, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-147.
  22. Sep 22, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-147.
  23. Sep 22, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 676.
  24. Sep 30, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  25. Sep 30, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5297-5298)

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Pit River Tribe4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  2. Prison Fellowship Ministries1 report

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.