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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION 4
119TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-583
TO AMEND THE CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1993
APRIL 2, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4463]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4463) to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Caro-
lina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 4463 is to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe
of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Catawba Indian Nation is located by the town of Rock Hill,
South Carolina, close to the North Carolina border. In the 1800s,
the Catawba Indian Nation was left landless. In 1943, South Caro-
lina purchased 630 acres for the tribe within the boundaries of the
tribe's original 15,326-square mile reservation.1 In 1942, the Ca-
tawba Indian Nation began a federal trust relationship, which Con-
gress terminated in 1962 as part of a broader termination policy.2
Following litigation and a federal policy shift towards supporting
tribal self-determination, Congress restored the Catawba Indian
Nation as a federally recognized tribe through the Catawba Indian
Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 (Set-
tlement Act)A
'Veronica E. Velarde Tiller, Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American
Indian Reservations. 2nd ed. Pg. 913.
2d.
3Congressional Record. H.R. 2399-103rd Congress (1993-1994): Catawba Indian Tribe of
South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.
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