Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025

S. 630, the Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025, would create a special trust account called the Quapaw Bear Settlement Trust Account to resolve long-standing disputes between the federal government and the Quapaw Nation, a Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. The bill would direct the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Trust Funds Administration to manage and distribute funds from this account according to a January 2020 recommendation made by a review panel of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

If enacted, the bill would establish a formal process for paying settlement funds to both the Quapaw Nation as a whole and to individual tribal members. The specific distribution amounts and procedures would follow the court panel's prior recommendations. This legislation is currently in the committee review stage and has not yet been voted on by the full Senate.