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HR 10472 118th Congress House Native Americans Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Federal-Indian relations Government trust funds Indian claims

Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024

Introduced: December 18, 2024 Introduced by: Brecheen, Josh Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Dec 18, 2024
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Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024

This bill creates a trust account, funds the account, and establishes a distribution process to settle certain claims between the federal government and the Quapaw Nation (a tribe in Oklahoma). 

Specifically, the bill establishes the Quapaw Bear Settlement Trust Account and directs the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Trust Funds Administration to administer all funds appropriated to the trust account. 

Interior must make payments to the tribe and individual members of the tribe in accordance with the January 2020 recommendation of the review panel of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

The bill outlines the distribution process for the settlement funds in the trust account.

What's happening now December 18, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 10472: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-10472/
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"H.R. 10472: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-10472/.
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H.R. 10472, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-10472/.
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