The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
S 748 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Alex Padilla (D)

A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.

Lets Interior take land into trust for the Lytton Rancheria of California under the Indian Reorganization Act.

Tradeoff

Lets the Interior Department acquire land in trust for the Lytton Rancheria, reversing a legal barrier created by a 2009 Supreme Court ruling. No direct spending or offset is required.

What's in it

See official bill text

Negligible federal cost, estimated between zero and $500,000 over the budget window.

The federal cost is just the administrative overhead for the Department of Interior to process trust acquisitions for the tribe—the policy's real effect is clarifying the legal authority and land status for the Lytton Rancheria.

S. 748, a bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes · May 2025

Passed the Senate by on December 15, 2025 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 26, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Indian Affairs(Feb 26, 2025)

  3. Senate

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

    Reported(Mar 5, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-79.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 15, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 16, 2025)