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119th Congress

H.R. 197

Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Pete Stauber(R-MN)
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Committees
House Committee on Natural Resources; Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Official text
Reported to Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (2)

Original cosponsors (1)

Added later (1)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025 This bill directs the Forest Service to exchange specified land along the shoreline of Lake Winnibigoshish (commonly known as Lake Winnie) in the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota for specified land owned by Big Winnie Land and Timber, LLC (BWLT), if BWLT offers to make the exchange. The land acquired by the Forest Service must be added to and managed as part of Chippewa National Forest. The bill outlines requirements and conditions for the exchange. For example, the Forest Service must reserve an easement for road access to certain land in the forest. The bill also conditions the exchange on the satisfactory completion of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment by BWLT before the nonfederal land is accepted in the exchange. In addition, the exchange must be for equal value or the values must be equalized by a cash payment, subject to an exception. Finally, the bill directs BWLT to pay all closing costs associated with the exchange.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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