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Subcommittee hears bill to transfer BLM and tribal fee land to Shingle Springs Band for housing, wildfire reduction
Summary
H.R.2302 would place roughly 85.3 acres of BLM land and about 188.84 acres of fee land into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians to address housing shortages and wildfire risk, witnesses said at the hearing.
Members of the House Natural Resources subcommittee heard testimony on H.R.2302, which would convey approximately 85.3 acres of Bureau of Land Management land and 188.84 acres of fee land into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians to support housing and wildfire hazard reduction.
"The trust transfer contemplated by H.R.2302 will not eliminate our housing shortage, but it will make a serious dent in it," Shingle Springs Band Chairwoman Regina Cuellar said. She told the subcommittee the…
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