S 1514
Passed a chamber
Transfers about 72 acres of Forest Service land in Washington State to the Department of the Interior to be held in trust for the Quinault Indian Nation, making it part of the Quinault Indian Reservation.
Official title: Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
05-OCT-2026
Senate
Introduced
29-APR-2025
Referred
29-APR-2025
Approved by committee
05-AUG-2026
Reported
22-SEP-2026
On the calendar
22-SEP-2026
Passed
30-SEP-2026
- Moves Allotment 1157, about 72 acres shown on a February 2, 2024 map, from the Forest Service to the Interior Department, to be taken into trust for the Quinault Indian Nation
- Makes the land part of the Quinault Indian Reservation, administered by the Secretary of the Interior under the rules for tribal trust property
- Keeps existing easements, rights-of-way, permits, and other valid rights in effect after the transfer unless they are modified or ended under federal law
- Prohibits gaming on the land under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and leaves the Treaty of Olympia rights unaffected
- Requires the Interior Secretary to meet hazardous substance disclosure rules but does not require cleanup of those substances
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (29-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 30-SEP-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)
Native Americans
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