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H.R. 4463 · 119th Congress

To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.

Introduced Jul 16, 2025Policy area: Native Americans

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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.)

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3751)

  4. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4463.

  5. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3751-3752)

  6. House

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  7. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.

  8. House

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-583.

  9. House

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  10. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  11. House

    Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged

  12. House

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

Show 3 earlier actions
  1. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.

  2. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  3. Introduced in House