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
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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
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Committees of jurisdiction
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