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H.R. 1451 119th Congress House

Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025

Official title: 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… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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: February 21, 2025 Introduced by: Josh Brecheen Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
Native Americans Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationFederal-Indian relationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claims
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Apr 23, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 21, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025

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.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 630 Identical bill Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • PACE, LLP
    for QUAPAW NATION · Oklahoma · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • PACE, LLP
    for QUAPAW NATION · Oklahoma · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • PACE, LLP
    for QUAPAW NATION · Oklahoma · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • PACE, LLP
    for QUAPAW NATION · Oklahoma · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • PACE, LLP
    for QUAPAW NATION · Oklahoma · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • PACE, LLP
    for QUAPAW NATION · Oklahoma · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1451: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1451/
MLA
"H.R. 1451: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1451/.
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H.R. 1451, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1451/.
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