119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 21, 2025
Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025
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Latest action (Apr 30, 2025): Subcommittee Hearings Held
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 21, 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.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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QUAPAW NATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PACE, LLP (FORMERLY PACE-CAPSTONE)
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 18, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1451, settlement of the Bear case CFTC events contracts
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
QUAPAW NATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PACE, LLP (FORMERLY PACE-CAPSTONE)
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted May 13, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1451, settlement of the Bear case CFTC events contracts
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
QUAPAW NATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PACE, LLP (FORMERLY PACE-CAPSTONE)
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 12, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1451, settlement of the Bear case CFTC events contracts Self Governance
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
QUAPAW NATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PACE, LLP (FORMERLY PACE-CAPSTONE)
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1451, settlement of the Bear case Self Governance CFTC events contracts
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
QUAPAW NATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PACE, LLP (FORMERLY PACE-CAPSTONE)
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 14, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1451, settlement of the Bear case Self Governance CFTC events contracts
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
QUAPAW NATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PACE, LLP (FORMERLY PACE-CAPSTONE)
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 23, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
HR 1451, settlement of the Bear case Self Governance
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing