Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/165

Official text excerpt

Public Law 119–61: 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. 
 Public Law 61 
 Public Law 119–61 139 Stat. 1977 
 2025-12-19 
 2025-12-19 
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 PUBLIC LAW 119–61—DEC. 19, 2025 
 139 STAT. 1977 
 Public Law 119–61 
 119th Congress 
 
 
 
 An Act 
 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. Dec. 19, 2025 [ H.R. 165 ] 
 
   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act. 
 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 …

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Citations

• Congress.gov