The bill would authorize a $137.5 million payment to the Quapaw Nation and other claimants named in a federal court case. The money would go into a special account administered by the Department of the Interior. The claimants may agree on how to divide the funds through mediation. If they do not reach an agreement, the Secretary of the Interior would decide on a distribution plan based on a court report. The bill is in progress, and subcommittee hearings have been held.
The payment would be distributed among the Quapaw Nation and the other claimants identified in the court case. The bill sets out a process for deciding how the funds are divided. It does not describe payments to people who are not identified as claimants.
The bill authorizes a $137.5 million payment from Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated. Each claimant would pay its own costs for mediation and an equal share of the mediator’s and mediation facilities’ costs.
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