[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 105 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 176
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 105
[Report No. 119-71]
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 15, 2025
Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
October 2, 2025
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and
Sacred Site Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Restricted fee status.--The term ``restricted fee
status'' means a status in which the Tribal land--
(A) shall continue to be owned by the Tribes;
(B) shall be part of the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation and expressly made subject to the civil and
criminal jurisdiction of the Oglala Sioux Tribe;
(C) shall not be transferred without the consent of
Congress and the Tribes;
(D) shall not be subject to taxation by a State or
local government; and
(E) shall not be subject to any provision of law
providing for the review or approval by the Secretary
of the Interior before the Tribes may use the land for
any purpose as allowed by the document titled
``Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe'' and dated October 21,
2022, directly, or through agreement with another
party.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(3) Tribal land.--The term ``Tribal land'' means the
approximately 40 acres (including the surface and subsurface
estate, and mineral estate, and any and all improvements,
structures, and personal property on those acres) on the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, at Rural
County Road 4, Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and generally
depicted as ``Area of Interest'' on the map entitled ``Wounded
Knee Sacred Site and Memorial Land'' and dated October 26,
2022, which is a segment of the December 29, 1890, Wounded Knee
Massacre site.
(4) Tribes.--The term ``Tribes'' means the Oglala Sioux
Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, both tribes being among the constituent tribes of
the Great Sioux Nation and signatories to the Fort Laramie
Treaty of 1868 between the United States of America and the
Great Sioux Nation, 15 Stat. 635.
SEC. 3. LAND HELD IN RESTRICTED FEE STATUS BY THE TRIBES.
(a) Action by Secretary.--Not later than 365 days after enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall--
(1) complete all actions, including documentation and minor
corrections to the survey and legal description of Tribal land,
necessary for the Tribal land to be held by the Tribes in
restricted fee status; and
(2) appropriately assign each applicable private and
municipal utility and service right or agreement with regard to
the Tribal land.
(b) Conditions.--
(1) Federal laws relating to indian land.--Except as
otherwise provided in this Act, the Tribal land shall be
subject to Federal laws relating to Indian country, as defined
by section 1151 of title 18, United States Code and protected
by the restriction against alienation in section 177 of title
25, United States Code.
(2) Use of land.--The Tribal land shall be used for the
purposes allowed by the document titled ``Covenant Between the
Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe'' and
dated October 21, 2022.
(3) Encumbrances and agreements.--The Tribal land shall
remain subject to any private or municipal encumbrance, right-
of-way, restriction, easement of record, or utility service
agreement in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(4) Gaming.--Pursuant to the document titled ``Covenant
Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe'' and dated October 21, 2022, the Tribal land shall not
be used for gaming activity under the Indian Gaming Regulatory
Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
Calendar No. 176
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 105
[Report No. 119-71]
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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.
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October 2, 2025
Reported without amendment