HOUSE 165119th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Expressing support for the designation of February 28, 2025, as Community Arts Education Day.

Last Action: 2/25/2025

Actions

2025-12-19Became Public Law No: 119-61.
2025-12-19Became Public Law No: 119-61.
2025-12-19Signed by President.
2025-12-19Signed by President.
2025-12-18Presented to President.
2025-12-18Presented to President.
2025-12-15Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-12-11Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8685)
2025-12-11Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2025-10-02Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 177.
2025-10-02Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-72.
2025-10-02Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-72.
2025-03-05Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2025-01-23Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
2025-01-22Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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CRS Summary

As of 2025-12-19 (49)

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

This act 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 act 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.

Subjects

Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
South Dakota
State and local taxation

Became law: Pub. L. 119-61

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