The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
S 621 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Tina Smith (D)

A bill to accept the request to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of that Community, and for other purposes.

Revokes the Lower Sioux Indian Community's federal charter of incorporation at the tribe's request.

Tradeoff

The Lower Sioux Indian Community requested to surrender its 1937 federal charter. This bill accepts that request and ends the charter.

What's in it

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No measurable federal cost or deficit impact over 10 years (2025–2035).

This bill is primarily a formal procedural action to revoke a tribal charter at the tribe's request; the federal government's only cost is minimal administrative work to process the revocation, not a federal spending program or tax change.

S. 621, a bill to accept the request to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of that Community, and for other purposes · Apr 2025

Passed the Senate by on December 11, 2025 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 18, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Indian Affairs(Feb 18, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Indian Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Mar 5, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-77.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 11, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 15, 2025)