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Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Oct 2, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176.
Oct 2, 2025
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-71.
Mar 5, 2025
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 15, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to complete all actions necessary to place approximately 40 acres of land in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Restricted fee status refers to land that is owned by a tribe or tribal member but is subject to restrictions by the United States against alienation (i.e., sale or transfer) or encumbrance (e.g., liens, leases, or rights-of-way) by operation of law.

The bill requires the land to be held and maintained as a memorial and sacred site, as outlined by the document titled Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and dated October 21, 2022. Further, it prohibits commercial development and gaming activity on the land.

What's happening now October 2, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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