Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- H.R. 1451
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Native Americans
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-04-30: Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-05T22:03:55Z
Official 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.
Sponsor
Recent Actions
- 2025-04-30: Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 2025-04-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- 2025-02-21: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2025-02-21: Introduced in House
- 2025-02-21: Introduced in House
Bill Versions
- Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025 — issued 2025-02-21 — PDF (9 pages)