The Interior Department has issued a Public Land Order that revokes a previous withdrawal of certain lands near Walker Lake in Nevada, which were reserved for the Bureau of Reclamation's Truckee-Carson Project. Since 109.60 acres of these lands are no longer needed for the project, they have been returned to the public domain. Additionally, the order permanently withdraws and transfers 173.25 acres of land, which includes part of the previously released lands and additional public lands, into trust as an addition to the Walker River Indian Reservation for the Walker River Paiute Tribe. This action is authorized by federal laws, including Public Law 74-748 from 1936.
Simple Explanation
The government is giving some land back that was borrowed for a project, and they are giving other pieces of the land to a Native American tribe to use forever as part of their home.