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HR 197 · introduced · major

Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The Forest Service may exchange lakeside land in Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest for private land owned by Big Winnie Land and Timber, LLC.
  • The exchange affects the Forest Service, the private company, and public access to national forest resources.
  • The private company must pay closing costs and complete an environmental assessment; land values must be equal or equalized by cash payment.

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  1. 01

    How might this land exchange affect public access to Lake Winnibigoshish and national forest resources compared to current conditions?

  2. 02

    What environmental factors should the assessment examine to determine whether swapping federal lakeside land for private land serves the public interest?

  3. 03

    Why would the Forest Service benefit from exchanging publicly-owned lakeside property for private land in this particular transaction?

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Sponsor · R-MN-8

Pete Stauber

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Introduced 2025-10-27

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-10-27 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218.

  2. 2025-10-27 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.

  3. 2025-10-27 · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.

  4. 2025-10-21 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  5. 2025-01-22 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  6. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  7. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H242-243)

  8. 2025-01-21 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H242-243)

  9. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 197.

  10. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H242-244)

  11. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  12. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  13. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  14. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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