File photo: Yurok Tribe.

Rep. Jared Huffman has introduced a new version of his “Yurok Lands Act,” a bill that would expand the Yurok Reservation and allow the Yurok Tribe greater decision-making power over land use matters within the reservation’s territory, and in neighboring territories.

A version of the bill died in a House committee last year. According to Alexa Shaffer, a Huffman spokesperson, the new bill — which is not yet online — proposes different new boundaries for the expanded reservation, includes protections for neighboring tribes and has a Republican cosponsor. “The bill is now bipartisan, which definitely elevates its chance of success and passing out of the House,” Shaffer wrote the Outpost this morning.

Press release from the office of Rep. Jared Huffman, yesterday: