S. 2088 · 118th Congress

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Introduced on Jun 21, 2023 by Mike Rounds (R-SD). One cosponsor. Latest action (Aug 1, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jun 21, 2023
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Land transfers
  • South Dakota
  • State and local taxation

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike RoundsR-SDSponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 21, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  3. Jul 19, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-170.
  4. Nov 15, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  5. Aug 1, 2024Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-208.
  6. Aug 1, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-208.
  7. Aug 1, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBEAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.