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Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act

Federal-Indian relations · Gambling · Geography and mapping
Sponsor
Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
D · WA
Key facts
Introduced: Apr 29, 2025
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 119th
Latest action · May 20, 2026
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Summary

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act

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.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. May 20, 2026
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  2. Dec 17, 2025
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
  3. Apr 29, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  4. Apr 29, 2025
    Introduced in Senate

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