S 630

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.

Bill status

Status

In committee

Sponsor

Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]

Cosponsors

2

Policy area

Native Americans

Introduced

2025-02-19

Latest action

2026-06-03: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.

Committee referrals

• Indian Affairs Committee: Senate · Hearings By (full committee) · 2026-06-03
• Indian Affairs Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-02-19

Recent actions

• 2026-06-03: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
• 2025-02-19: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
• 2025-02-19: Introduced in Senate