Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
The bill makes it substantially easier for tribes and local communities to acquire and protect small cemetery parcels—strengthening Indigenous and local control and enabling modest expansion—while creating eligibility limits, reversion risk, potential confusion in implementation, and modest forgone,
Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act
The bill clarifies which Shivwits lands, governing body, leases, and contracts are covered—improving legal certainty and potential economic development—but shifts dispute venues and definitions in ways that can limit tribal court authority and individual remedies, raise costs, and risk environmental
Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act
The bill trades a small conveyance of federal land to Mississippi that can improve public access and visitor amenities (with retained use protections) for a modest reduction in federal park acreage and potential fiscal burdens on state/local taxpayers plus forgone sale revenue.
Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2025
The bill gives two rural counties small parcels of National Forest land for cemeteries at no purchase price—providing local control and modest federal cost savings—but shifts conveyance costs, legal/title and environmental risks to the counties and reduces federal public land holdings.
Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025
Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
The bill streamlines and legally clarifies land exchanges (benefiting Alaska Native entities, landowners, and federal managers and accelerating dispute resolution and conservation actions) at the cost of shifting control and potential revenues to the federal government, reducing local/state autonomy
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
The bill resolves and accelerates ANCSA-related land conveyances to give tribal entities clear title and preserve specified public access, but in doing so removes federal land from public control, can limit future flexibility through easements/definitions, and raises environmental and administrative risks.
Critical Mineral Dominance Act
The bill speeds and prioritizes domestic critical‑mineral production, data, and permitting to strengthen supply chains and create jobs, but does so at the cost of increased environmental and public‑health risks, reduced local control, potential taxpayer liabilities, and diverted agency resources.
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
The bill transfers a parcel to Gila County to enable faster, low-cost development of veteran services (benefiting veterans and local communities) but shifts upfront costs and legal/contamination risk to the county and reduces federally available public forest land while restricting future use flexibility.
Breaking the Gridlock Act
The bill advances consumer privacy protections, oversight, and targeted supports (notably for veterans and local fire response) and strengthens some procurement and foreign‑policy efforts, but does so while adding new reporting and administrative requirements and exposing taxpayers to increased, often open‑ended federal spending and compliance costs.
La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
The bill hands specific federal lands to La Paz County and channels sale proceeds toward conservation while increasing local control, but it shifts costs to the county and reduces federal review and leasing oversight—raising risks for environmental safeguards and potential disputes over culturally sensitive parcels.
Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
The bill gives Alaska Native veterans and tribal communities substantially more time to secure land allotments and eases application timing pressures, but it also prolongs resolution for other stakeholders and raises federal administrative burdens.
Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
Amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.
The bill directs targeted federal grants and interagency support to help tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations develop tourism and infrastructure that can boost local economies, but funding is modest and comes with administrative requirements and oversight that may limit tribal control and unevenly benefit better‑resourced communities.
Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
The bill transfers a small federal parcel to a tribal health entity to enable faster local health and social services through clear title and limited liability, but it does so by relinquishing federal control and conditions and shifting contamination and financial risk in ways that could expose local residents and taxpayers to environmental and cleanup costs.
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
The bill transfers ~584 acres into federal trust to strengthen Pit River Tribe landholdings and access to federal programs, while trading off potential gaming revenue for the tribe and reducing federally managed multi-use public land that may affect local access.
Reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
The bill expands Lytton Rancheria's land base and tribal self-governance and access to federal programs, while shifting local jurisdiction and tax implications to nearby governments and residents and adding federal administrative responsibilities.
Provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
The bill creates a narrow, expedited federal pathway for the Miami Tribe to pursue a historic Treaty land claim and clarifies Illinois property titles, but it imposes a short one-year filing window that can permanently extinguish claims and may force rushed filings while raising fairness concerns about special treatment.
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, and for other purposes.
The bill transfers a small parcel to the county at no purchase price to enable local public uses, but shifts cleanup, conveyance costs, and reversion risk onto the county—trading federal cost savings for local financial, legal, and planning burdens.
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025
Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act
The bill directs modest, targeted federal funds and legal certainty to several tribal water projects—improving infrastructure and reducing local financial burdens—while increasing federal outlays and slightly reducing Treasury receipts and introducing modest administrative and budgetary risks.
Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025
To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
The bill legally ratifies a land settlement and strengthens tribal title, governance, and economic authority over the designated lands—providing certainty for the tribe and some infrastructure owners—while shifting jurisdiction away from state/local authorities and creating transitional regulatory, access, fiscal, and litigation risks for governments, residents, businesses, and taxpayers.
Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act
The bill expands tribal landholdings and legal certainty for the Lower Elwha Klallam and S'Klallam tribes and clarifies management and boundary issues, while trading off potential gaming revenue, some public access changes, and reduced federal valuation transparency.
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
The bill transfers ~265 acres into federal trust for the Shingle Springs Band—strengthening tribal sovereignty, land management, and title clarity—while reducing local tax bases and restricting the Tribe's ability to pursue gaming-based economic development on those parcels.
Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2025
The bill creates a coordinated federal effort to identify and prioritize cleanup of abandoned uranium and hardrock mines—potentially improving health, environment, and local contracting—while relying on future appropriations and limited enforcement authority, which may delay or limit actual remediation outcomes.
Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025
Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act
TRACE Act
The bill improves search-and-rescue effectiveness and transparency by adding standardized Federal-land location data to NamUs and requiring annual reporting, but it introduces modest costs, privacy risks, and potential coverage gaps for some Federal lands that must be managed.
