HR 5682
To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill takes approximately 860 acres of land in Riverside County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians. The land is currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The land taken into trust shall be (1) part of the tribe's reservation; (2) maintained as an open space; and (3) used only for purposes consistent with the maintenance of the land as open space and for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources on the land. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA-48]
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Policy area
- Native Americans
- Introduced
- 2025-10-03
- Latest action
- 2026-06-03: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-06-03: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- 2026-06-02: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-06-02: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3745)
- 2026-06-02: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3745)
- 2026-06-02: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5682.