S. 638 was reported by committee and awaits a floor vote
A bill to amend the Act of June 22, 1948.
IntroducedFeb 19, 2025
ReportedOct 21, 2025
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 79 words.
This bill prevents decreases in annual payments provided to Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties in Minnesota for national forest lands in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Specifically, the bill modifies the formula created under the Thye-Blatnik Act that the Department of the Treasury uses to determine the amount of the payments. Treasury must base the payments on the highest fair appraised value, including historical fair appraised values, rather than on the fair appraised value of the land.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 263 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 2, from introduced in senate to reported to senate · 66 words
- Subjects
- MinnesotaWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Latest action
- Oct 27, 2025: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 208.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]