Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025

This bill would transfer approximately 204.14 acres of land in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The proposal involves moving federal land from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior and combining it with tribal-owned land to expand the tribe's reservation. Additionally, the legislation would prohibit any gaming activities on the land taken into trust.

The bill directly affects the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, for whom approximately 204.14 acres of land would be held in trust and added to their reservation. Federal agencies impacted by the transfer include the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Forest Service, which would relinquish administrative control of specific acreage in El Dorado County, California. Additionally, the bill affects the legal status of fee land currently held by the tribe and restricts gaming activities on the newly designated trust lands.

• Land transfer and trust designation. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to take approximately 204.14 acres of land in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.
• Administrative transfer of Forest Service land. The measure revokes a public land order to transfer specific acreage from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior, converting land previously designated as an experiment station.
• Consolidation of federal and tribal fee lands. The trust land will consist of roughly 85.3 acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and approximately 118.84 acres of fee land currently held by the tribe.
• Expansion of tribal reservation. The combined 204.14 acres taken into trust under this Act will officially become part of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians' reservation.
• Prohibition on gaming activities. The bill explicitly prohibits any gaming activities from being conducted on the specific lands taken into trust for the tribe.

The bill revokes a specified public land order that previously designated land for use by the Forest Service as an experiment station. Additionally, it transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain federal lands from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior.

The bill aims to expand the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians' reservation by placing approximately 204.14 acres of federal and tribal land in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the tribe. It also facilitates the administrative transfer of specific acreage from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior to be included in this trust acquisition.