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substantiveJan 22, 2025 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — H R 165 — Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

In plain language

- This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act. - Official subject tags include federal-Indian relations, Indian lands and resource rights, land transfers, South Dakota, state and local taxation, and Native Americans. - The official summary says the Interior Department would complete all steps needed to place about 40 acres in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. - Restricted fee status is described as land a tribe or tribal member owns that the United States restricts from sale or transfer and from encumbrances such as liens, leases, or rights-of-way. - The land would be held and maintained as a memorial and sacred site under a covenant between those tribes dated October 21, 2022. - Commercial development and gaming would be prohibited on the land.

Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act This act 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 act 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.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea416

Democrat: 200 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 215

Nay0

Present0

Not Voting17

Democrat: 15 · Republican: 2

How each member voted (433)

Yea (416)

Not Voting (17)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.