The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
S 622 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Tina Smith (D)

Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025

Transfers federal forest land in Minnesota to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe for tribal benefit.

Tradeoff

Restores land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe that federal records show was sold without tribal consent. The Forest Service swaps out an equal acreage of other national forest land in the same county to replace it.

What's in it

See official bill text

Between zero and $500,000 in increased direct spending over 2025-2035, with negligible impact.

The federal cost is just the administrative overhead for to survey, process, and transfer land parcels and conduct public engagement—the real policy impact is the transfer of federal forest land to tribal control.

S. 622, Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025 · May 2025

Passed the Senate by on December 11, 2025 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 18, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Indian Affairs(Feb 18, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Indian Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Mar 5, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-78.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 11, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 15, 2025)