3.0.0 3859 2026-06-08T19:12:51Z 2026-06-08T19:12:51Z Senate S S 2026-02-12 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3859 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred To 2026-02-12T17:41:09Z To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993. 119 4463 HR 2026-06-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Related bill CRS 2026-02-12 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2026-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC N S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2026-02-12 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2026-03-18 False Native Americans Native Americans 2026-02-27T21:32:03Z 00 2026-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2026-06-08T19:12:47Z 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.)

]]> A bill to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 with respect to future membership in the Catawba Indian Nation. Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 with respect to future membership in the Catawba Indian Nation. 2026-02-26T03:48:20Z Introduced in Senate IS Display Title 45 A bill to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 with respect to future membership in the Catawba Indian Nation. 2026-02-13T11:56:25Z Introduced in Senate 2026-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s3859is/xml/BILLS-119s3859is.xml 2026-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.