Senator Alex Padilla introduces S. 5694: Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2026

We have received text from S. 5694: Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2026. This bill was received on 2026-11-09, and currently has 1 cosponsor.

Here is a short summary of the bill:

This bill would transfer federal administrative control over three parcels of land in California, totaling about 847 acres, into trust for the benefit of the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation, California.

What the transfer does

The bill would:

• Place Parcel 1, which is about 164 acres, and Parcels 2 and 3, which are about 683 acres combined, into trust for the Tribe.
• Make the transferred land part of the Tribe’s reservation.
• Require the land to be managed under the usual federal rules that apply to land held in trust for tribes.

Access and existing rights

The bill says the transfer would be subject to existing legal rights already on the land, including liens, rights-of-way, leases, permits, easements, and similar agreements that exist when the law takes effect.

It also preserves several forms of access and use:

• The public would keep existing recreational, scenic, scientific, and conservation access, including access to roads and certain trails, subject to current rules.
• The Forest Service would keep administrative vehicle access across the transferred land.
• The Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service would be allowed access for operational and emergency needs, such as search and rescue, wildfire suppression, evacuations, land management, maintenance, fuel reduction, monitoring, and law enforcement.
• The Tribe would have to grant necessary easements or rights-of-way, without payment, if requested by the Forest Service to support those access needs.

Land management requirements

The bill would allow the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make minor map or boundary corrections by agreement. It would also require the two departments to prepare and keep an official map of the land transfer available for public inspection.

For Parcels 2 and 3, the Tribe would be responsible for maintaining the fuel break in line with Forest Service standards. The bill also allows fuels reduction and other landscape restoration work on the land, including maintaining any fuel break already there.

Limits on use

The land taken into trust under the bill could not be used for class II or class III gaming under federal Indian gaming law.

Water rights and services

The bill states that it would not change existing water rights or service agreements, and it would not reduce the Forest Service’s administrative access across the transferred lands.

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• S.5694: Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2026
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