Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill directs an administrative transfer of roughly 72 acres identified as Allotment 1157 from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior, subject to valid existing rights. Interior must take the land into trust for the Quinault Indian Nation, add it to the Quinault Indian Reservation, and administer it under the laws generally applicable to tribal trust property. The transferred land may not be used for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the bill states that it does not affect rights under the Treaty of Olympia. Interior must make the federal hazardous-substance disclosure required by CERCLA section 120(h), but is otherwise excused from remediating or abating disclosed contamination as a condition of the trust transfer.
Who Benefits and How
The Quinault Indian Nation tribal government benefits by receiving federal trust title to approximately 72 acres and incorporating that land into the reservation for non-gaming uses. Quinault members and reservation residents benefit from an expanded tribal land base administered under Indian trust-land law, with existing Treaty of Olympia rights expressly preserved.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Forest Service land managers and Department of the Interior trust administrators must complete the jurisdictional transfer, trust acquisition, reservation addition, title work, and hazardous-substance disclosure. Quinault land-use administrators may bear environmental and financial risk from any disclosed contamination because Interior is not otherwise required to remediate or abate it, and gaming enterprises cannot use the property for IGRA gaming.
Key Provisions
- Requires the Forest Service to transfer approximately 72 acres identified as Allotment 1157 to the Department of the Interior.
- Requires Interior to hold the land in trust for the Quinault Indian Nation and administer it as part of the Quinault Indian Reservation.
- Prohibits gaming on the transferred land and preserves Treaty of Olympia rights.
- Requires CERCLA hazardous-substance disclosure but exempts Interior from any additional remediation or abatement requirement for the transfer.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Transfer approximately 72 acres in Washington from the Forest Service to Interior and place the land in trust as part of the Quinault Indian Reservation.
Key Policy Areas
Tribal Affairs, Public Lands, Environment
Primary Purpose
Transfer approximately 72 acres in Washington from the Forest Service to Interior and place the land in trust as part of the Quinault Indian Reservation.
Policy Domains
Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
Identified Gains
- Quinault Indian Nation tribal government
- Quinault members and reservation residents
Identified Costs
- Forest Service land managers
- Department of the Interior trust administrators
- Quinault land-use administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an …
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Ms. Cantwell (for herself and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Quinault Indian Nation, Quinault land-use administrators
Positive-direction: Quinault Indian Nation
Negative-direction: Quinault land-use administrators
Department of the Interior trust administrators, Forest Service land managers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "trustee"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "the_nation"
- → Quinault Indian Nation
- "transferor"
- → United States Forest Service
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Approximately 72 acres in Washington generally depicted as Allotment 1157 on the February 2, 2024 map named in the bill.
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