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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION 4
119TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-514
SHIVWITS BAND OF PAIUTES
JURISDICTIONAL CLARITY ACT
FEBRUARY 23, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3073]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3073) to confer jurisdiction on the State of Utah with re-
spect to civil causes of action arising on or within the Indian lands
of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 3073 is to confer jurisdiction on the State
of Utah with respect to civil causes of action arising on or within
the Indian lands of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes, and for other
purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Shivwits Band of Paiutes (Shivwits Band) is a federally rec-
ognized tribe residing on a 28,000-acre ancestral reservation just
outside of St. George, Utah.1 A 2022 federal appellate case has
stunted economic development for the Shivwits Band by shrouding
on-reservation commercial activity in legal uncertainty.2 In Ute In-
dian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation v. Lawrence (Law-
rence), the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Utah state
courts lack the jurisdiction to hear cases involving on-reservation
'Briefing Paper on H.R. 3703, provided to Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Staff
in May 2025. On file.
2 Letter of Support for H.R. 3073, Washington County, Utah, Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians,
March 18, 2025, https://naturalresources.house.gov/uploadedfiles/shivwits band of paiutesletter
of support.pdf.
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