119-s2735

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2735 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2735

To take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for 
the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 8, 2025

Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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 A BILL

To take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for 
the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 
Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF PUBLIC LAND ORDER; LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST.

    (a) Revocation of Public Land Order.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law--

    (1) Public Land Order 3309 (Sacramento 071209), dated 
 January 17, 1964 (29 Fed. Reg. 609), is revoked; and

    (2) Jurisdiction over the land described in the public land 
 order referred to in paragraph

    (1) is transferred to the 
 Secretary.

    (b) Trust Transfer.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary 
shall place the following land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe:

    (1) The approximately 80 acres of land generally depicted 
 as ``BLM Land-Proposed Transfer into Trust'' on the Map.

    (2) The approximately 185 acres of land generally depicted 
 as ``Indian Creek Ranch-Proposed Transfer into Trust Land 
 Status'' on the Map.
            (c) Review; Survey.--

    (1) Review.--Before the deadline described in subsection

    (b) , the Secretary shall conduct a review of the land described 
 in that subsection to determine if a survey of the land is 
 required.

    (2) Survey.--
        (A) In general.--If the Secretary determines that a 
 survey is required under paragraph

    (1) after conducting 
 the review required under that paragraph, the 
 Secretary--
            (i) shall perform a survey of the land 
 taken into trust under subsection

    (b) ; and
            (ii) may make minor corrections to the 
 survey and legal land description of the land 
 described in that subsection as the Secretary 
 determines to be necessary to correct clerical, 
 typographical, and surveying errors.
        (B) Availability.--A survey conducted under 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall be kept on file and available 
 for public inspection in the appropriate office of the 
 Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (d) Lands Part of Reservation; Administration.--The land taken into 
trust under subsection

    (b) --

    (1) is hereby declared to be part of the Reservation; and

    (2) shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance 
 with the laws and regulations generally applicable to property 
 held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe.

    (e) Gaming Prohibited.--Land taken into trust under subsection

    (b) shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms 
are defined in 

section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

    (f) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map prepared by the 
 Bureau of Land Management titled ``Proposed Bureau of Land 
 Management Land Transfer to Shingle Springs Rancheria'' and 
 dated May 2, 2025.

    (2) Reservation.--The term ``Reservation'' means the 
 reservation of the Tribe.

    (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of the Interior.

    (4) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Shingle Springs 
 Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona 
 Tract), California.
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