H.R. 5682IntroducedNATIVE AMERICANS
To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
California · Congressional oversight · Indian lands and resources rights
Key facts
Introduced: Oct 3, 2025
Chamber: House
Cosponsors: 0
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Apr 2, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.
Summary
This bill takes approximately 860 acres of land in Riverside County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians. The land is currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
The land taken into trust shall be (1) part of the tribe's reservation; (2) maintained as an open space; and (3) used only for purposes consistent with the maintenance of the land as open space and for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources on the land. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Apr 2, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.
- Apr 2, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-585.
- Apr 2, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-585.
- Mar 5, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 5, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 5, 2026Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- Nov 19, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Nov 12, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Oct 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Oct 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Oct 3, 2025Introduced in House
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