Legislation· Sep 2026Sponsored by Doug LaMalfa (R)
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026
Would move about 557 acres of Forest Service land in California into trust for the Pit River Tribe.
Tradeoff
Would place about 557 acres of Forest Service land into trust for the Pit River Tribe. Would bar gaming on that land.
What's in it
The number on this bill, 2400, started out as a different bill: the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025. That entire text was removed and replaced with the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026, which is the text that was voted on. The official record now files it under the new name too.
The House passed this bill's original text — the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025 — in Dec 2025, before the text was replaced. That vote was not a vote on the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026.
Less than $500,000 in administrative costs over the implementation period, subject to .
The $500,000 is the federal cost to process the land transfer and establish the trust arrangement — the bill's substantive impact is the conveyance of land to the Pit River Tribe and restrictions on gaming on that land.
The House passed the bill by on December 15, 2025. The Senate then replaced the entire original text with a new version. The Senate passed that new version by on September 30, 2026. The bill has now passed both chambers.
House
Introduced as the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
Introduced(Mar 27, 2025)
House
Committee on Natural Resources(Mar 27, 2025)
House
The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Jul 23, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-289.
House
Passage of the original text — the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
Passed by (Dec 15, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded
Senate
Received from the House
on Indian Affairs(Dec 16, 2025)
Senate
The Committee on Indian Affairs voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Aug 5, 2026)
Committee report S. Rept. 119-147.
Senate · Text replaced
Struck the entire original text and substituted the Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2026
Passed by (Sep 30, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
Where it stands
The two chambers have not passed the same text of 2400
Both chambers must pass identical text before a bill can become law