S 638 — A bill to amend the Act of June 22, 1948.
Last action — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 208.
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 19, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
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In Committee
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.
Summary
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.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
7 added · 2 removedPlain-language change summary
The updates to the bill S 638 include the addition of a report date and designation of "Calendar No. 208" following its Senate reporting on October 27, 2025. Additionally, the introductory language indicating the bill was "Introduced in Senate (IS)" has been removed. This change suggests that the bill has progressed in the legislative process and is now in a later stage of consideration.
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638 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Act of June 22, 1948.
_______________________________________________________________________ October 27, 2025 Reported without amendment
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- Reported Reported to Senate Current html October 27, 2025
- Introduced Introduced in Senate html February 19, 2025
Compared against current U.S. Code AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.
The bill modifies how the fair appraised value of national-forest lands in Minnesota is calculated by specifying that historical values should be included in the assessment.
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16 U.S.C. 577g
of the fair appraised value of such→ of the highest fair appraised value, including historical fair appraised values, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with this section, of suchThis change expands the criteria for determining land value to include historical appraised values.
Action History
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.
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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 208.
Sponsors
- Tina Smith · Primary
- Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 545 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Smith, Tina Democratic
Co-sponsors (1)
- Klobuchar, Amy Democratic
Not signed on (545)
545 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 545 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does S 638 do?
- 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.
- Who sponsors S 638?
- S 638 is sponsored by Smith, Tina (Democratic) and Klobuchar, Amy (Democratic).
- What is the current status of S 638?
- This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 19, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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