S. 1514 · 119th Congress

Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act

Introduced on Apr 29, 2025 by Maria Cantwell (D-WA). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 30, 2026): Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5297; text: CR S5297)

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Apr 29, 2025
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
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. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Land transfers
  • Washington State

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Apr 29, 2025). Public domain.

Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act

This bill administratively transfers approximately 72 acres of specified lands in Washington from the U.S. Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. Interior must take this land into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.

The bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

The bill requires Interior, for purposes of taking the land into trust, to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, without otherwise being required to remediate or abate those hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Maria CantwellD-WASponsor

Democrats · 1

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. Apr 29, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Apr 29, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  3. Jun 3, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
  4. Aug 5, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
  5. Sep 22, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 119-148.
  6. Sep 22, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 119-148.
  7. Sep 22, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 673.
  8. Sep 30, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Sep 30, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5297; text: CR S5297)

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Quinault Indian Nation3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)

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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.