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Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 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.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jun 3, 2026 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
- Feb 19, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Feb 19, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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