S. 1513Senate bill · 119th CongressReported by committeeNative Americans

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act

Sponsored byMaria CantwellD-WAIntroduced Apr 29, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (May 20, 2026) Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be without amendment favorably.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Apr 29, 2025

This bill takes approximately 1,082.63 acres of specified lands in Washington into trust for the benefit of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.

Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

Face Value

as introduced
100Narrow

How 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

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