S. 630 · 119th Congress

Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 19, 2025 by Markwayne Mullin (R-OK). 2 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jun 3, 2026): Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 19, 2025
Cosponsors
2
0 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

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

Official title

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.

Subjects

  • Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Government trust funds
  • Indian claims

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Feb 19, 2025). Public domain.

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 and cosponsors

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

Markwayne MullinR-OKSponsor

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Feb 19, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 19, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  3. Jun 3, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.

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  • 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
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