Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
This bill redesignates the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park as Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and establishes the Ocmulgee Mounds National Preserve in Georgia, with boundaries shown on a specified map.
It authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land from willing sellers (no eminent domain), requires a management plan developed with an advisory council including tribal representatives, provides tribal hiring preference, places about 126 acres of tribal-owned land into trust, allows hunting and fishing consistent with laws, and authorizes appropriations as needed.
Technocratic, locally targeted public‑lands bill with tribal consultation and safeguards; funding and local opposition are main obstacles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well‑structured substantive change that integrates with existing law and specifies many operational mechanisms (designation, acquisition authority, management plan, advisory council, tribal trust conveyance). Key legislative mechanics are present, but fiscal specificity and certain operational triggers are left vague.
Progressives emphasize tribal restoration and cultural preservation benefits.
Progressives emphasize tribal restoration and cultural preservation benefits.
Likely strongly supportive.
The bill advances federal protection for Indigenous cultural sites, formalizes tribal consultation, and returns tribal land to trust status.
It emphasizes preservation, cultural access, and tribal involvement in management.
Generally favorable but pragmatic and cautious.
The bill protects cultural resources while limiting eminent domain, includes state consultation on hunting/fishing, and creates an advisory council.
Concerns focus on costs, timeline, and local impacts.
Skeptical to opposed.
Concerns will focus on federal land expansion, increased federal administrative authority, and placing land into trust changing jurisdiction.
Hunting/fishing allowances and prohibition on eminent domain reduce some objections.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Technocratic, locally targeted public‑lands bill with tribal consultation and safeguards; funding and local opposition are main obstacles.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize tribal restoration and cultural preservation benefits.
Technocratic, locally targeted public‑lands bill with tribal consultation and safeguards; funding and local opposition are main obstacles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well‑structured substantive change that integrates with existing law and specifies many operational mechanisms (designation, acquisition authority, management pl…
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