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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 197
Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-01-03Topic: land use zoning · environmentSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServiceLake 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.
Sponsors
- Pete Stauber Republican sponsor
- 2 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218. | |
| 2025-10-27 | Senate | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report. | refer |
| 2025-10-27 | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report. | report | |
| 2025-10-21 | Senate | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | refer |
| 2025-01-22 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | refer |
| 2025-01-21 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2025-01-21 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H242-243) | |
| 2025-01-21 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H242-243) | floor pass | |
| 2025-01-21 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 197. | |
| 2025-01-21 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H242-244) | |
| 2025-01-21 | House | Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | refer |
| 2025-01-03 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-01-03 | Introduced in House | introduce |