Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024

Summary

Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024 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.

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Timeline

1. 19 December 2024

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 December 2024

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 19 December 2024 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 December 2024

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 December 2024

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 December 2024

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Sponsors

• Markwayne Mullin · R · Sponsor
• James Lankford · R · Sponsor
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