U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB630: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025
Status: In committee, June 3, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, February 19, 2025:
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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025 . SECTION 2. Quapaw Tribal settlement (a) Definitions In this and (B) the individual members of the Quapaw Nation identified in Exhibit A to the amended complaint in Bear, et al. v. United States, No. 13-51X (Fed. Cl. Mar. 25, 2013) filed on February 14, 2014. (2) Report The term Report means the report of the Review Panel of the United States Court of Federal Claims in Congressional Reference Case No. 13-51X, Bear, et al. v. United States (Jan. 9, 2020), submitted to the House of Representatives on January 31, 2020. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior (or a designee). (b) Establishment There is established a Special Deposit Account in the Department of the Interior Bureau of Trust Funds Administration, to be known as the Quapaw Bear Settlement Trust Account . (c) Administration The Secretary of the Interior by and through the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration shall administer all funds appropriated to the Quapaw Bear Settlement Trust …
Sponsors
- Markwayne Mullin (R, SD-OK) · primary sponsor
- Lankford, James (R, SD-OK)
- Armstrong, Alan (R)
Latest actions
- : Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations, Indian claims, Native Americans, Government trust funds, Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Common questions
- What is SB630?
- SB630 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025.
- What does SB630 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of SB630?
- In committee as of June 3, 2026. Latest action: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. (June 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB630?
- Markwayne Mullin (R, SD-OK), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB630?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/630
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