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Official title: Amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act to provide for the transfer of additional Federal land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 18, 2025 by Tina Smith · Last progress December 15, 2025
Allows the Secretary to transfer additional National Forest System land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and to substitute alternative federal forest lands on an acre-for-acre basis, while updating paperwork and implementation procedures. The Forest Service must provide public engagement and comment as it carries out these transfers, and state hunting, fishing, and recreation laws protecting non‑Tribal members remain in force.