119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 15, 2025
Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
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Latest action (Oct 2, 2025): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 15, 2025)
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-71.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-71.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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