S 622
· 119th Congress
· Native Americans
Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025
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Held at the desk.
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Dec 15, 2025
floor
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Dec 15, 2025
floor
Received in the House.
Dec 15, 2025
floor
Held at the desk.
Dec 11, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 11, 2025
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8687-8688; text: CR S8688)
Oct 14, 2025
committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-78.
Indian Affairs Committee
Oct 14, 2025
other
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 187.
Mar 05, 2025
committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Indian Affairs Committee
Feb 18, 2025
introduced
Introduced in Senate
Feb 18, 2025
introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Indian Affairs Committee
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Introduced in Senate
Feb 18, 2025
Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025
This bill transfers certain federal land located in the Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota, to the Department of the Interior for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to transfer for the benefit of the tribe land in the Chippewa National Forest that records maintained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs show was sold without the unanimous consent of the rightful landowners.
Upon agreement between USDA and the tribe, USDA shall substitute alternative National Forest System land located in Cass County, Minnesota, on an acre-for-acre basis for those parcels of federal land to be transferred in a manner that avoids inholdings and provides a preference for land adjacent to or near existing Leech Lake trust lands and lands of cultural importance to the tribe, to the maximum extent practicable.
USDA may transfer land to Interior on a rolling basis as that land is identified and surveys are completed.
USDA, acting through the U.S. Forest Service, must provide for public engagement and comment to implement this bill.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. 622 Reported in Senate (RS)]
+[S. 622 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
<DOC>
-Calendar No. 187
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 622
-[Report No. 119-78]
-
-To 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.
-
_______________________________________________________________________
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
-
-February 18, 2025
-
-Ms. Smith (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following
-bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian
-Affairs
-
-October 14, 2025
-
-Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-A BILL
+AN ACT
To amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act to
provide for the transfer of additional Federal land to the Leech Lake
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section, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the
Forest Service, shall provide for public engagement and comment in
accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).
-Calendar No. 187
+Passed the Senate December 11, 2025.
+
+Attest:
+
+Secretary.
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 622
-[Report No. 119-78]
-
_______________________________________________________________________
-A BILL
+AN ACT
To 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.
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-October 14, 2025
-
-Reported without amendment
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