Who it affects
- Catawba Indian Nation
- People seeking membership in the tribe
Passed the HouseNative American affairs
Catawba Indian Nation membership rules
H.R. 4463 · House bill · Introduced July 16, 2025
This bill would remove federal membership limits for the Catawba Indian Nation and allow the tribe to set its own membership rules.
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Where it stands
Passed the House
How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The bill removes membership limits set by a 1993 law for the Catawba Indian Nation in South Carolina.
- Those limits require direct descent from people on a final membership list and continuous political ties with the tribe.
- The bill allows the tribe to set its own membership rules.
- The tribe currently requires applicants to prove direct descent from someone on one of three original membership lists.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
How South Carolina voted
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Norman, Ralph (R-SC)
- Introduced
- July 16, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 2
- Committees
- Senate Indian Affairs Committee; House Natural Resources Committee
- Latest action
- June 3, 2026 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
This bill revises tribal membership requirements for the Catawba Indian Nation (a tribe in South Carolina). The Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 explicitly restricted the tribe’s future membership to lineal descendants of people on the final base membership roll who maintained continuous political relations with the tribe. This bill removes these membership criteria and allows the tribe to determine its membership. (The tribe uses three base membership rolls and anyone who wants to be enrolled must prove lineal descent from someone listed on one of these base membership rolls.)
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