Lets Catawba Indian Tribe decide its own membership rules
This bill removes a federal rule about who can join the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina. This means the Tribe can now set its own membership rules, instead of following old government rules from 1993.
Today, federal law requires individuals to be direct descendants of a specific list of people to become a member of the Catawba Indian Tribe. It also requires them to have maintained political ties to the Tribe. If this bill passes, these federal requirements would be removed, allowing the Tribe to set its own membership rules.
HR 4463 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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