HR 4463
To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.
Summary
This bill revises tribal membership requirements for the Catawba Indian Nation (a tribe in South Carolina). The Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 explicitly restricted the tribe’s future membership to lineal descendants of people on the final base membership roll who maintained continuous political relations with the tribe. This bill removes these membership criteria and allows the tribe to determine its membership. (The tribe uses three base membership rolls and anyone who wants to be enrolled must prove lineal descent from someone listed on one of these base membership rolls.)
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC-5]
- Cosponsors
- 2
- Policy area
- Native Americans
- Introduced
- 2025-07-16
- Latest action
- 2026-06-03: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee referrals
- Indian Affairs Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-06-03
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-04-02
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Markup By · 2026-02-11
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Discharged from · 2026-02-11
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-07-16
Recent actions
- 2026-06-03: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- 2026-06-02: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-06-02: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3751)
- 2026-06-02: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3751)
- 2026-06-02: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4463.