The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2023
HR 3371

Sponsored by Dusty Johnson (R)

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Would have placed about 40 acres at Wounded Knee into restricted fee status for two Sioux tribes.

Tradeoff

Would have kept the land as a memorial and sacred site, banning commercial development and gaming. Would have required the Interior Department to finish the transfer within 365 days.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 3371, Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Actwww.cbo.gov/publication/59521 · Aug 2023

The House passed this bill by on September 20, 2023. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (May 16, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(May 16, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jun 13, 2023)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-197.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 20, 2023)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Indian Affairs(Sep 21, 2023)