119th Congress
S. 630
Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- M001190
- Introduced
- Feb 19, 2025
- Policy area
- Native Americans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (2)
Original cosponsors (1)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
Added later (1)
- Alan Armstrong (R-OK) · May 19, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jun 3, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. - Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. - Feb 19, 2025
Introduced in Senate