To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.

Ralph Norman

Republican · SC · Representative

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

• Tim Moore (R-NC-14)· 2026-02-10
• Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)· 2026-02-11

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

2026-06-03

Source: Congress.gov

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.)

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4463 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No. 503 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4463 [Report No. 119-583] To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2025 Mr. Norman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources April 2, 2026 Additional sponsors: Mr. Moore of North Carolina and Mr. McDowell April 2, 2026 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FUTURE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Subsection (d) of section 7 of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-116), is amended by striking ``; however, in no event may an individual be enrolled as a tribal member unless the individual is a lineal descendant of a person on the final base membership roll and has continued to maintain political relations with the Tribe''. Union Calendar No. 503 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4463 [Report No. 119-583] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993. _______________________________________________________________________ April 2, 2026 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

• HR9103To prohibit Federal research agencies and recipients of Federal research grants from using a prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice with respect to Federal research grants, and for other purposes.
  Referred to Committee · 2026-06-02
• HR3377To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
  Enacted into Law · 2026-03-26
• HR8118Election Infrastructure Integrity Act
  Referred to Committee · 2026-03-26
• HR8018ISLET Act
  Referred to Committee · 2026-03-19