S. 630 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Feb 19, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summarySettles federal claims with Quapaw Nation
This bill creates a special trust account to resolve long-standing disputes between the federal government and the Quapaw Nation, an Oklahoma tribe. The Interior Department would manage the account and distribute settlement money to the tribe and its members based on a 2020 recommendation from a federal court review panel.
How it affects you
This settlement directly affects members of the Quapaw Nation and the tribe itself. For other Americans, this is a resolution of an existing dispute between the federal government and a federally recognized tribe, but it doesn't have direct effects on the general public.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Feb 19, 2025)
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 630
A BILL
Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) · Introduced Feb 19, 2025 · Native Americans · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jun 3, 2026: “Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.”