Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Bills & Legislation

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Us Congress House Bill HB165

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Engrossed
1/23/25  
Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to complete all actions necessary to place approximately 40 acres of land in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Restricted fee status refers to land that is owned by a tribe or tribal member but is subject to restrictions by the United States against alienation (i.e., sale or transfer) or encumbrance (e.g., liens, leases, or rights-of-way) by operation of law. The bill requires the land to be held and maintained as a memorial and sacred site, as outlined by the document titled Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and dated October 21, 2022. Further, it prohibits commercial development and gaming activity on the land.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB105

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to complete all actions necessary to place approximately 40 acres of land in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Restricted fee status refers to land that is owned by a tribe or tribal member but is subject to restrictions by the United States against alienation (i.e., sale or transfer) or encumbrance (e.g., liens, leases, or rights-of-way) by operation of law. The bill requires the land to be held and maintained as a memorial and sacred site, as outlined by the document titled Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and dated October 21, 2022. Further, it prohibits commercial development and gaming activity on the land.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB241

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Northern Montana Water Security Act of 2025 Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB239

Introduced
1/24/25  
Crow Revenue Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB240

Introduced
1/24/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB390

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act or the BADGES for Native Communities ActThis bill revises federal policies and procedures related to information sharing, reporting, and investigating cases of missing, unidentified, or murdered Indians.Among other elements, the bill requires the Department of Justice to (1) establish a grant program for specified entities (e.g., tribes) to implement changes to enhance their responses to missing person cases and death investigations of interest to tribes, and (2) work with the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that federal training resources and culturally appropriate mental health and wellness programs are available to tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officers.The Department of the Interior must establish a five-year demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the BIA.The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct specified studies, including a study on the evidence collection, handling, response times, and processing procedures and practices of federal law enforcement agencies.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB107

Introduced
1/16/25  
Lumbee Fairness Act This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible. Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB699

Introduced
2/24/25  
Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB689

Introduced
2/24/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB563

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB564

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB565

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Navajo Nation Rio San José Stream System Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SR60

Introduced
2/5/25  
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB953

Introduced
3/11/25  
Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB622

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2025