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S. 1513119th CongressIn markupLatest action May 20, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act
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S 1513 would place about 1,082 acres of Olympic National Park into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.
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The bill transfers roughly 1,082 acres of federal land now inside Olympic National Park into trust status for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, making it part of the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation. It skips standard requirements like a formal appraisal or value equalization, keeps Wild and Scenic Rivers Act protections along the Elwha River, and bars gaming use on the land.
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the National Park Service, which currently manages the land, are directly affected.
The transfer would expand tribal control over ancestral land near the Elwha River restoration area while reducing the National Park Service's jurisdiction there, without altering the tribe's 1855 treaty rights.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.