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H.R. 197 · 119th Congress

Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218.

Summary

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 218.

  2. Senate

    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.

  3. Senate

    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  4. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  5. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  6. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H242-243)

  7. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 197.

  8. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H242-244)

  9. House

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  10. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  11. Introduced in House