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S. 1513 · 119th Congress

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act

Reported by committeeNative Americans
IntroducedApr 29, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
Passed HouseNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Reported by committee. Latest step, Sep 14, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 2 new provisions of its own.

How this bill changes the law

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S. 1513 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 2 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as reported by a Senate committee (Sep 14, 2026).

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Land taken into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
  • Sec. 3 No impact on treaty rights
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

    From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.

    What it does

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    Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act

    This bill takes approximately 1,082.63 acres of specified lands in Washington into trust for the benefit of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.

    Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

    Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Apr 29, 2025).

    Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

    What has happened

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    1. Sep 14, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554.Senate
    2. Sep 14, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Armstrong for Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-135.Senate
    3. Sep 14, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Armstrong for Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-135.Library of Congress
    4. May 20, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.Senate
    5. Dec 17, 2025Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.Senate
    6. Apr 29, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Senate
    7. Apr 29, 2025Introduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

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    Cosponsors

    • Patty Murray D-WA