H.R. 165 · 119th Congress · Native Americans
Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jan 22, 2025
Roll call ↗416
0
Passed the House.
Law 350 days after it was introduced
Public Law 119-61. Each step dated from the congress.gov record
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- CommitteeJan 3, 2025
- Passed HouseJan 22, 2025
- Passed SenateDec 11, 2025
- Became lawDec 19, 2025
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Indian AffairsHouse Committee on Natural Resources
- Lobbying
- At least 2
- organizations named it2025 Q4 to 2026 Q1
What it does
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within 365 days, to complete all actions needed for about 40 acres at the Wounded Knee Massacre site on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, January 22, 2025
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within 365 days, to complete all actions needed for about 40 acres at the Wounded Knee Massacre site on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Under that status the land stays owned by the Tribes, becomes part of the Pine Ridge Reservation subject to Oglala Sioux civil and criminal jurisdiction, cannot be transferred without the consent of Congress and the Tribes, is not subject to state or local taxation, and needs no Interior review before the Tribes use it as allowed by their October 21, 2022 covenant. The land may not be used for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and existing utility agreements, easements, rights-of-way, and other encumbrances remain in effect.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 2 organizations named the short title this measure shares with its Senate companion, S 105, in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 4 quarterly reports filed by 1 lobbying firm in 2025 Q4 and 2026 Q1. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
Not one of these filings cited this bill by number. Every one named the shared short title, so the record here belongs to the pair and not to this vehicle alone.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.