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Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The federal government transfers land in Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe to correct historical land sales made without tribal consent.
  • The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the U.S. Forest Service are affected by this land transfer and restoration process.
  • The transfer happens on a rolling basis as parcels are identified and surveyed, with USDA substituting alternative forest land acre-for-acre.

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  1. 01

    How should the federal government balance restoring tribal lands with maintaining public access to national forest resources?

  2. 02

    What criteria should determine which historical land sales qualify for restoration under this rolling transfer process?

  3. 03

    How might the acre-for-acre substitution requirement affect the Forest Service's ability to manage forest land priorities?

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Tina Smith

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-12-15 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-12-11 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8687-8688; text: CR S8688)

  5. 2025-12-11 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-10-14 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 187.

  7. 2025-10-14 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-78.

  8. 2025-10-14 · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-78.

  9. 2025-03-05 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  10. 2025-02-18 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

  11. 2025-02-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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