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HR 1451 119th Congress House Native Americans Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Federal-Indian relations Government trust funds Indian claims

Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025

Introduced: February 21, 2025 Introduced by: Brecheen, Josh Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
 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
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced in House
 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.

What's happening now April 30, 2025

Subcommittee Hearings Held

 Committees of jurisdiction 2