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US HB6917

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/19/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dina Titus

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Transfers approximately 3,156 acres of Bureau of Land Management land into trust for the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians, adding it to the Tribe's reservation

  • Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a boundary survey within 180 days of enactment

  • Mandates the Tribe grant an approximately 300-foot-wide right-of-way to a qualified electric utility within 30 days for high-voltage transmission facilities, consistent with existing renewable energy agreements on the Snow Mountain Reservation

  • Prohibits Class II and Class III gaming on the transferred land

  • Preserves the Tribe's state water rights and the March 2021 Intergovernmental Agreement between the Tribe and the City of Las Vegas, while taking a neutral position on Federal reserved water rights

Legislative Description

To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians.

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

12/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources12/19/2025

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