Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
Latest action · Aug 1, 2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 21, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 21, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Jun 21, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 21, 2023Hearings Jul 19, 2023Markup Nov 15, 2023Reported Aug 1, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2024Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-208.
- Aug 1, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.
- Nov 15, 2023Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 19, 2023Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-170.
- Jun 21, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jun 21, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 13, 2024S. 2088, Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on November 15, 2023
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-170 | S. 208820 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Jul 19, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3371 | Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act | Identical bill | Sep 21, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2024Reported to Senate
- Jun 21, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
