Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
Latest action (Jun 3, 2026) — Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Mar 26, 2025This bill administratively transfers approximately 72 acres of specified lands in Washington from the U.S. Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. Interior must take this land into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.
The bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
The bill requires Interior, for purposes of taking the land into trust, to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, without otherwise being required to remediate or abate those hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
Who lobbied on this
1 organizationThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeonsno position stated
“Expanding GME opportunities: Encouraging reintroduction of the Physician Shortage Reduction Act (H.R. 2389/ S.1302 118th Congress) Loan Repayment: H.R.2028/ S.942- Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI)…” filing ↗
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