North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026
- Last Action
- 5/20/2026
Actions
- 2026-05-20Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2026-05-19Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-05-19On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3567-3569)
- 2026-05-19Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3567-3569)
- 2026-05-19DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2252.
- 2026-05-19Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3567-3570)
- 2026-05-19Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2026-04-02Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
- 2026-04-02Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-581.
- 2026-04-02Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-581.
- 2026-03-05Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- 2026-03-05Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-03-21Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2025-03-21Introduced in House
- 2025-03-21Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2026-04-02 (07)
North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026
This bill allows North Dakota to exchange certain state land grant parcels (e.g., lands granted to North Dakota by Congress when it became a state) located wholly or partially within an Indian reservation for certain federal land of substantially equivalent value. North Dakota manages oil, gas, and agriculture leases on state land grant parcels to generate revenue for education and other public benefits. However, tribal reservations were created on state land grant parcels and reduced the amount of land available for revenue generation.
Specifically, the bill allows the North Dakota Board of University and School Lands to exchange with the Department of the Interior state land grant parcels located wholly or partially within tribal reservations for certain public land in North Dakota administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Upon the request of a tribe, Interior must hold exchanged land within the tribe's reservation in trust on behalf of the tribe.
Further, the bill provides for the continuation of active grazing operations on land exchanged under this bill.
Subjects
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land transfers
- North Dakota
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