HR 197 ยท Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218.
- Introduced
- Jan 3, 2025
- Latest action
- Oct 27, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN-8]
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Cosponsors
- 2
Summary
Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025 This bill directs the Forest Service to exchange specified land along the shoreline of Lake Winnibigoshish (commonly known as Lake Winnie) in the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota for specified land owned by Big Winnie Land and Timber, LLC (BWLT), if BWLT offers to make the exchange. The land acquired by the Forest Service must be added to and managed as part of Chippewa National Forest. The bill outlines requirements and conditions for the exchange. For example, the Forest Service must reserve an easement for road access to certain land in the forest. The bill also conditions the exchange on the satisfactory completion of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment by BWLT before the nonfederal land is accepted in the exchange. In addition, the exchange must be for equal value or the values must be equalized by a cash payment, subject to an exception. Finally, the bill directs BWLT to pay all closing costs associated with the exchange.
Recent actions
- Oct 27, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218.
- Oct 27, 2025 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.
- Oct 27, 2025 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.
- Oct 21, 2025 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 22, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Jan 21, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 21, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H242-243)
- Jan 21, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H242-243)
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.