Miwok Land Transfer Bill Passes House Unanimously

Washington, D.C. - Congressman McClintock's legislation H.R.2302 the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025, has passed the House of Representatives by a unanimous voice vote.  The legislation next goes to the Senate.

The legislation transfers 80 acres of BLM land and 185 acres of fee simple land already owned by the tribe into trust as part of the reservation for housing.  The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors has unanimously endorsed the legislation. 

"The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians survived near annihilation during the Spanish and Gold Rush eras to become a prosperous and integral part of El Dorado County and I am honored to carry this legislation that will continue their progress and contributions to their posterity and to our community into the years ahead," said Congressman McClintock during House floor debate on the measure. 

"H.R. 2302, the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025, resolves long-standing land issues while promoting tribal sovereignty and management of natural resources," remarked House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman.  "I commend Representative McClintock for his leadership on this important measure and look forward to working with him to move it through the legislative process."

Congressman McClintock's House floor remarks delivered in support of the measure: