S1088-118

Reported

To authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 30, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Civil Rights, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section idd261ec35-ad36-496e-ae7a-c10abbb19407: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2023.
  • Section id220ef818-b44f-4d64-b66d-5530cc49ba34: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term North Dakota Enabling Act means the Act of February 22, 1889 (25 Stat. 676, chapter 180). The term reservation means any...
  • Section id469a4847-4d5b-4cef-960d-672960719f54: 3. Relinquishment and selection; conveyance Subject to valid existing rights, if the State elects to relinquish all right, title, and interest of the State in...
  • Section id80f5a61b-60fe-4919-97c3-3f4e4625dba3: 4. Valuation With respect to a State land grant parcel conveyed under this Act in consideration for a parcel of unappropriated Federal land selected in...
  • Section ide8cb25e7-06f2-4926-aa39-bed5b4e9244b: 5. Miscellaneous Land or minerals conveyed under this Act shall be subject to all applicable Federal, State, and Tribal law. Nothing in this Act modifies,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Civil Rights, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Civil Rights Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 12, 2023

Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment

Mar 30, 2023

Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following …

Mar 30, 2023

Mr. Hoeven (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Luján) introduced …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
8 mentions across 8 clauses
-6 negative ?2 uncertain

Bureau of Land Management, Secretary of the Interior

State & Local Government
6 mentions across 6 clauses
+2 positive -4 negative

State of North Dakota

State of North Dakota faces effects in multiple directions

Tribal Nations
4 mentions across 4 clauses
+4 positive

Indian Tribes in North Dakota, Indian Tribes in North Dakota reservations

Real Estate
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Independent real estate appraisers, Real estate appraisers

Environment
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Areas of critical environmental concern, Conservation areas and protected lands

Cattle Ranching
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Grazing permittees and lessees on affected lands

Mining
1 mention across 1 clause
?1 uncertain

Federal mining claimants on selected lands

Oil & Gas
1 mention across 1 clause
?1 uncertain

Mineral lessees under Mineral Leasing Act

11/13
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Civil Rights Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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