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S. 5619 118th Congress Senate

Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the Quapaw Nation and certain members of the Quapaw Nation in accordance with the recomme… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the Quapaw Nation and certain members of the Quapaw Nation in accordance with the recommendation of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 19, 2024 See on congress.gov
Native Americans Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationFederal-Indian relationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claims
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It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Dec 19, 2024
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 Latest action December 19, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 10472 Identical bill Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Dec 19, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5619: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5619/
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"S. 5619: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5619/.
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S. 5619, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5619/.
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