H.R. 5257

Summary

H.R. 5257, to reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian Tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust, was introduced in the House on Sep 10, 2025 by Rep. Tom Cole (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Natural Resources, and last saw action on Sep 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Record

Text

H.R. 5257 has 7 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5257 IH: To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian Tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-10
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5257  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 10, 2025   Mr. Cole  (for himself,  Ms. McCollum ,  Mr. Rogers of Alabama ,  Mr. Huffman ,  Mr. Ellzey ,  Mr. Langworthy , and  Mr. Calvert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Natural Resources    A BILL
To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian Tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust.
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Reaffirmation of trust status
Land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 ( 25 U.S.C. 5108 ), before the date of enactment of this Act for the benefit of an Indian Tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust is reaffirmed as trust land.

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To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian Tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust.

Sponsors

Rep. Tom Cole (R) sponsors H.R. 5257, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 6 of them from the day it was introduced.

Tom Cole

Rep. · R–OK-4 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 10, 2025

Ken Calvert

Rep. · R–CA-41 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Jake Ellzey

Rep. · R–TX-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Jared Huffman

Rep. · D–CA-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Nicholas Langworthy

Rep. · R–NY-23 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Betty McCollum

Rep. · D–MN-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Mike D. Rogers

Rep. · R–AL-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025 · Original

Tracey Mann

Rep. · R–KS-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 15, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5257 went before 1 committee: Natural Resources.

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Referred To · Sep 10, 2025 · 395 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5257 has taken 2 actions since Sep 10, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5257 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5257 goes by 2 titles.

• To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian Tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust. — Official Title as Introduced
• To reaffirm the trust status of land taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, for the benefit of an Indian Tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust. — Display Title

Lobbying

1 client hired 2 firms and 5 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5257 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Gaming/Gambling/Casino, Indian/Native American Affairs, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Banking.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5257 under Native Americans, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5257’s is Native Americans.

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