Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to transfer certain federal land in the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota to the Department of the Interior for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The land being transferred is land that records show was originally sold without the full agreement of all rightful landowners. When possible, the government will swap in other nearby national forest land on an equal acre-for-acre basis, with a preference for land near existing tribal trust lands or land that is culturally important to the tribe. The U.S. Forest Service must also allow for public input as part of the process.

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