HR 4463
Passed a chamber
Removes the requirement that people must be lineal descendants of someone on the Catawba Tribe's final base membership roll, and must have kept political ties to the Tribe, in order to be enrolled as tribal members.
Official title: To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
16-JUL-2025
Referred
16-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
11-FEB-2026
Reported
02-APR-2026
On the calendar
02-APR-2026
Passed
02-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
03-JUN-2026
- Amends section 7(d) of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.
- Strikes the proviso that barred enrolling anyone who was not a lineal descendant of a person on the final base membership roll and who had not continued to maintain political relations with the Tribe.
- Applies to future membership of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (02-APR-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
- Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)
Native Americans
■ 2 R
2 Republicans