Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025

HR 1451, the Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025, provides $137.5 million in settlement funds to the Quapaw Nation and its individual members identified in the 2013 lawsuit *Bear, et al. v. United States*. The bill creates a special trust account within the Department of the Interior to hold these funds, which must be distributed according to a plan developed by the claimants. If the claimants cannot agree on a distribution plan within 45 days, they must use mediation, and if mediation fails, the Secretary of the Interior will determine a final allocation based on the court's report. The funds are intended to resolve a long-standing legal claim related to land and financial disputes.