Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025 would transfer approximately 204.14 acres of land in El Dorado County, California, into federal trust status for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The land would become part of the tribe's reservation and would consist of approximately 85.3 acres of federal land currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management (including land transferred from the Forest Service) and approximately 118.84 acres of land already held by the tribe.

Currently, some of the federal land is designated as a Forest Service experiment station under a public land order. This bill would revoke that designation and transfer the land to the Department of the Interior for trust purposes. The bill includes a restriction prohibiting gaming activities on any of the transferred land.

The bill has passed the House of Representatives and is currently under review in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. If enacted, the transfer would expand the tribe's reservation land base and change the management and use of the affected acreage in California.