About 72 acres would enter trust for the Quinault Indian Nation

The bill would transfer about 72 acres from the Forest Service to the Interior Department, which would hold the land in trust for the Quinault Indian Nation. The land is in Washington and is generally shown as Allotment 1157 on a map dated February 2, 2024. The transfer would be subject to valid existing rights.

The land would become part of the Quinault Indian Reservation and be managed under the rules that generally apply to tribal trust land. These rules would apply to the approximately 72 acres transferred into trust for the Quinault Indian Nation. The land could not be used for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The bill would not affect treaty rights under the Treaty of Olympia.

The Interior Secretary would have to meet federal disclosure rules for hazardous materials but would not otherwise have to clean them up. This provision concerns hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants on the land taken into trust. The disclosure duty applies for the purpose of taking the land into trust. The disclosure requirement applies to the trust acquisition.