H.R. 4463 passed the House 321 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 96 words.
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.)
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Indian Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Native Americans: 73 of 1,099 bills became law, 113th–118th (6.6%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 112 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 80 words
- Subjects
- Federal-Indian relationsIndian claimsSouth Carolina
- Latest action
- Jun 3, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 3859 A bill to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 with respect to future membership in the Cataw R · Introduced