Transfers Minnesota forest land to Leech Lake Band

Gives the Interior Department control of certain federal land in Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, including parcels records show were sold without landowners' consent.

• Land in Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota goes to the Interior Department for the tribe
• Includes parcels that records show were sold without the unanimous consent of the rightful landowners
• The Agriculture Department may swap in other national forest land in the same county, acre for acre
• The Forest Service must ask the public for comments before carrying this out

Passed the Senate · House's turn

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