Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act transfers approximately 72 acres in Washington, generally depicted as Allotment 1157 on the February 2, 2024 map, from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. Subject to valid existing rights, the land is taken into trust for the Quinault Indian Nation, becomes part of the Quinault Indian Reservation, and is administered under ordinary laws and regulations for United States trust property held for an Indian tribe. The bill prohibits gaming on the parcel under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, preserves treaty rights under the 1855 and 1856 Treaty of Olympia, and requires the Interior Secretary to meet CERCLA section 120(h) disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants without otherwise having to remediate or abate them.
Who Benefits and How
The Quinault Indian Nation, Quinault tribal government, Quinault tribal members, tribal land managers, reservation planners, treaty-rights holders, Bureau of Indian Affairs trust-land staff, and local land-record users benefit because the parcel gains trust and reservation status while treaty rights remain intact and the environmental disclosure rule is explicit.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior trust-land administrators, federal land-records staff, environmental disclosure staff, potential gaming operators, and any party concerned with hazardous substances on Allotment 1157 must process the administrative transfer, update land records, administer trust status, respect the gaming prohibition, provide CERCLA disclosures, and accept that the bill does not require broader remediation or abatement.
Key Provisions
- Transfers approximately 72 acres of Allotment 1157 from the Forest Service to Interior for trust status.
- Adds the transferred land to the Quinault Indian Reservation and applies ordinary Indian trust-property administration rules.
- Prohibits gaming on the transferred land under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
- Protects Treaty of Olympia rights from being affected by the transfer.
- Requires CERCLA section 120(h) hazardous-substance disclosure but does not require additional remediation or abatement.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Transfers approximately 72 acres known as Allotment 1157 from the Forest Service to Interior to be held in trust for the Quinault Indian Nation as reservation land, preserves Olympia Treaty rights, bars gaming, and limits the Interior Secretary's environmental duty to CERCLA disclosure rather than remediation.
Key Policy Areas
Tribal Affairs, Public Lands, Environmental Law
Primary Purpose
Transfers approximately 72 acres known as Allotment 1157 from the Forest Service to Interior to be held in trust for the Quinault Indian Nation as reservation land, preserves Olympia Treaty rights, bars gaming, and limits the Interior Secretary's environmental duty to CERCLA disclosure rather than remediation.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Quinault Indian Nation
- Quinault tribal government
- Quinault tribal members
- Tribal land managers
- Reservation planners
- Treaty-rights holders
- Bureau of Indian Affairs trust-land staff
- Local land-record users
Identified Costs
- Forest Service
- Department of the Interior
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Interior trust-land administrators
- Federal land-records staff
- Environmental disclosure staff
- Potential gaming operators
- Parties concerned with hazardous substances on Allotment 1157
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian …
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5081-5082)
Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Environmental remediation claimants, Quinault Indian Nation, Treaty of Olympia rights holders
Positive-direction: Quinault Indian Nation, Treaty of Olympia rights holders
Negative-direction: Environmental remediation claimants
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, Forest Service
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "tribe"
- → Quinault Indian Nation
- "allotment"
- → Allotment 1157
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