As reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 22, 2026
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars | 2026 | 2026-2031 | 2026-2036 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct Spending (Outlays) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays) | 0 | * | not estimated | ||||||||
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037? | No | Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? | No | ||||||||
Mandate Effects | |||||||||||
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037? | No | Contains intergovernmental mandate? | Yes, Under Threshold | ||||||||
Contains private-sector mandate? | No | ||||||||||
* = between zero and $500,000. | |||||||||||
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S. 1514 would transfer approximately 72 acres of land in the state of Washington from the Forest Service to the Department of the Interior (DOI). Under the bill, DOI would hold title to that land for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation. The bill also would prohibit certain types of gaming on that land. Using information from DOI, CBO estimates that the administrative costs to implement S. 1514 would not be significant; any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
The bill would impose an intergovernmental mandate as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). CBO estimates that the cost of the mandate would not exceed the annual threshold established in the bill ($107 million in 2026, adjusted annually for inflation).
S. 1514 would prohibit gambling on tribal land obtained by the Quinault Indian Nation that is contiguous with current land held in trust for the benefit of the tribe. Because gaming on such land is currently allowed under federal law, the proposed ban would impose a mandate. However, because the tribe has no plan to conduct gaming on land being placed into trust, the cost of the mandate would be small.
The bill contains no private-sector mandates as defined by UMRA.
On August 28, 2025, CBO published a cost estimate for H.R. 2389 , as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 25, 2025. The two bills are similar, and CBO’s estimates of their budgetary effects are the same. The cost estimate for H.R. 2389 did not include the intergovernmental mandate, but the mandate would apply to both bills.
The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Julia Aman (for federal costs) and Rachel Austin (for mandates). The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
Phillip L. Swagel
Director, Congressional Budget Office