Sponsor
Darrell Issa
Representative · R-CA
The bill secures tribal access to this parcel for health and community uses and protects it from commercial development, but it also forbids gaming/commercial revenue options and imposes a 50-year time limit that creates future uncertainty for economic planning.
Members of the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians will have guaranteed use of the parcel for health and social services, improving local access to care and support on tribal land.
Restricting the land to noncommercial uses helps preserve community and cultural space and reduces development pressures or incompatible commercial projects on tribal land.
The tribe is barred from using the parcel for class II or III gaming and from engaging in commercial activities there, blocking a major potential source of tribal revenue, jobs, and partnerships that could fund services.
The 50-year expiration on the land provision creates long-term uncertainty about land use after termination, complicating planning and investment for facilities or services with multi-decade lifespans.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Limits a specific 8.6-acre tribal trust parcel to health and social services, bans class II/III gaming and other commercial uses, and sunsets after 50 years.
Representative · R-CA
Restricts an approximately 8.6-acre parcel in San Diego County taken into trust for the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians to use only for provision of health and social services to members of Indian tribes, and expressly bans class II and class III gaming and any other commercial activities on that land. The restriction refers to the federal definitions of Indian Tribe and gaming, and the limitation automatically expires 50 years after enactment. The measure creates a narrow, time-limited land-use constraint on a specific trust parcel: it allows health and social services for tribal members while prohibiting gambling and commercial development on the covered acreage during the 50-year period.
Official title: To provide for the continued use of certain trust land in San Diego County for healthcare purposes.
Introduced September 1, 2026 by Darrell Issa · Last progress September 1, 2026