To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
Key claim: HR5682 would take about 860 acres of BLM land in Riverside County, California into trust for the Pechanga Band of Indians as reservation open space for cultural and wildlife protection, while prohibiting gaming on the land.
Abstract
(HR5682 · 119th Congress) This bill takes approximately 860 acres of land in Riverside County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians. The land is currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The land taken into trust shall be (1) part of the tribe’s reservation; (2) maintained as an open space; and (3) used only for purposes consistent with the maintenance of the land as open space and for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of the archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources on the land. Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land. Latest action (2026-06-03): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Why this matters
Land-into-trust conveyances change the land-use jurisdiction from federal (BLM) to tribal-trust status, which affects zoning, environmental review, and future development authority on the parcel. For renters and buyers this bill is neutral (no housing units created or restricted), but for builders and neighboring landowners it forecloses future federal disposal or private development of these 860 acres, locking them into open-space and cultural-protection use with an explicit gaming prohibition.