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S. 630119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Jun 3, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025
Introduced:
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S 630 gives the U.S. Treasury legal authority to pay $137.5M to the Quapaw Nation to settle a 2013 lawsuit.
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S 630 authorizes the U.S. Treasury to pay $137.5 million to settle a lawsuit originally filed in 2013 by the Quapaw Nation and certain individual tribal members. The money would be transferred into a special account managed by the Department of the Interior. The claimants would then have 45 days to begin mediation to agree on how to divide the funds, with the Secretary of the Interior stepping in to decide if no agreement is reached within 18 months.
This bill directly affects the Quapaw Nation, a federally recognized tribe based primarily in northeastern Oklahoma, and the specific individual tribal members named in the 2013 lawsuit. For most Americans there is no direct impact.
A federal review panel issued a recommendation in 2020 on what the government should pay, but the payment could not be made without explicit legal authority. This bill provides that authority, moving the case toward a resolution that has been pending since 2013.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.