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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6917 
To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Las Vegas Tribe 
of Paiute Indians. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2025 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Las 
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST 
FOR THE LAS VEGAS PAIUTE TRIBE. 
(a) LAND INTO TRUST.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to the covered land— 
(1) is hereby taken into trust by the United 
States for the benefit of the Tribe; and 
(2) shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe. 
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(b) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 
survey to establish the boundaries of the land taken into 
trust under subsection (a). 
(c) RENEWABLE
ENERGY
TRANSMISSION
COR-
RIDOR.—As a condition of taking the land into trust under 
subsection (a), not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, an approximately 300-foot-wide 
right-of-way (as generally depicted on the Map) shall be 
granted by the Tribe to a qualified electric utility for the 
construction and maintenance of high-voltage trans-
mission facilities consistent with existing renewable energy 
transmission agreements between the Tribe and the quali-
fied electric utility on the Snow Mountain Reservation. 
(d) GAMING.—Class II gaming and class III gaming 
(as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)) are prohibited 
on the land taken into trust under subsection (a). 
(e) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section af-
firms or denies Federal reserved rights to surface 
water or groundwater for any land taken into trust 
under subsection (a). 
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(2) STATE WATER RIGHTS.—The Tribe shall re-
tain any right or claim to water under State law for 
any land taken into trust under subsection (a). 
(f) INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.—Nothing in 
this section affects the implementation of the March 2021 
Intergovernmental Agreement between the Tribe and the 
City of Las Vegas. 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3092 of the 
Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3870) is repealed. 
(h) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 
means the approximately 3,156 acres of land admin-
istered by the Bureau of Land Management, as gen-
erally depicted on the Map. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘Southern Nevada Land Management’’ and 
dated November 14, 2024. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Las 
Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas In-
dian Colony, Nevada. 
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