HR 2388
Passed a chamber
Takes approximately 1,082.63 acres of federal land in Washington State into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and adds it to the tribe's reservation.
Official title: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
26-MAR-2025
Referred
26-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
25-JUN-2025
Reported
15-SEP-2025
On the calendar
15-SEP-2025
Passed
09-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
10-DEC-2025
Approved by committee
20-MAY-2026
Reported
14-SEP-2026
On the calendar
14-SEP-2026
Passed
24-SEP-2026
- Takes about 1,082.63 acres of federal land, shown on a December 2021 Olympic National Park map, into trust for the Tribe.
- Adds the land to the Lower Elwha Reservation and exempts it from federal valuation, appraisal, and equalization requirements.
- Requires the Interior Secretary to survey the land's boundaries and allows minor boundary changes and map corrections. Applies Wild and Scenic Rivers Act management to the Elwha River portion, with modifications under the 1992 Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act.
- Bars the land from being treated as Indian lands under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and states that the treaty rights under the Treaty of Point No Point are unaffected.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (26-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Reported to Senate, 14-SEP-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
- Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)
Native Americans
No cosponsors.