119th Congress · introduced in the House · Mar 21, 2025
North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (May 20, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Reported to House (Apr 2, 2026)
North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2026
This bill allows North Dakota to exchange certain state land grant parcels (e.g., lands granted to North Dakota by Congress when it became a state) located wholly or partially within an Indian reservation for certain federal land of substantially equivalent value. North Dakota manages oil, gas, and agriculture leases on state land grant parcels to generate revenue for education and other public benefits. However, tribal reservations were created on state land grant parcels and reduced the amount of land available for revenue generation.
Specifically, the bill allows the North Dakota Board of University and School Lands to exchange with the Department of the Interior state land grant parcels located wholly or partially within tribal reservations for certain public land in North Dakota administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Upon the request of a tribe, Interior must hold exchanged land within the tribe's reservation in trust on behalf of the tribe.
Further, the bill provides for the continuation of active grazing operations on land exchanged under this bill.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3567-3569)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3567-3569)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2252.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3567-3570)
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-581.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-581.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Indian lands and resources rights · Intergovernmental relations · Land transfers · North Dakota
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BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS · lobbying firm or registrant: BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 9, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…h Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act, HR 2903, S 1476; Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act, HR 187; North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act, HR 2252, S 1084; Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act , HR 2317; Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act, S888; Pecos Watershed Protection Act, HR 2727,…
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BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS · lobbying firm or registrant: BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…h Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act, HR 2903, S 1476; Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act, HR 187; North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act, HR 2252, S 1084; Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act , HR 2317; Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act, S888; Pecos Watershed Protection Act, HR 2727,…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing