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Alex Padilla (D-CA)

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025

S. 2735 · Senate bill Native Americans

A Democratic bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025. It revokes a specific public land order from 1964 and transfers jurisdiction of that land to the Secretary. The Secretary is required to place approximately 80 acres of BLM land and approximately 185 acres of Indian Creek Ranch land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. These lands will become part of the Tribe's reservation and be administered according to laws for property held in trust. The bill explicitly prohibits any class II or class III gaming on the land taken into trust.

Yes

  • Scored +8

    Would Native Americans be better off under this?

    The bill provides the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians with expanded land holdings through trust status.

  • Scored +7

    Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?

    The bill transfers federal land into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, supporting tribal land sovereignty.

  • Scored +3

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    The bill transfers land to tribal trust status, which involves specific land reviews and surveys for accurate descriptions.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill involves the Secretary of the Interior exercising authority to manage and transfer federal land into trust.