Puyallup Tribe gains clearer control over its own trust fund
H.R. 7269 — kʷaxʷad tiiɫ ʔiišədčəɫ Act of 2026 · Filed by Emily Randall (D-WA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill amends the 1989 Puyallup Tribe Settlement Act to clarify that the Puyallup Tribe can withdraw money from its trust fund under the 1994 American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act, provided the Tribe has an approved management plan. It also adds a savings clause ensuring the Tribe retains rights to participate in federal programs available to other federally recognized tribes.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative function is to clarify and enable the Puyallup Tribe's withdrawal rights from its own trust fund and to preserve the Tribe's access to federal programs. It is a straightforward amendment to existing tribal settlement law.
What the text implies
- The bill's effectiveness depends entirely on the Tribe's ability to develop and obtain Secretary approval for a management plan under the 1994 Reform Act—the bill does not guarantee approval or remove any administrative barriers.
- The savings clause (Section 14) is broad and may enable the Tribe to claim rights under future federal legislation, but only to the extent such legislation applies to federally recognized tribes generally—it does not create new substantive rights.
- The bill uses the Puyallup Tribe's native language name (kʷaxʷad tiiɫ ʔiišədčəɫ) alongside the English short title, signaling cultural recognition but creating a dual-title structure that may cause citation ambiguity in legal databases.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The Puyallup Tribe gains clearer legal authority to access and manage its own trust fund assets, and the savings clause ensures the Tribe is not locked out of federal benefits available to other tribes. This restores tribal self-determination and financial autonomy without imposing costs on the general public.
Who stands to gain
- Puyallup Tribe of Indians (access to trust fund assets for tribal programs and member services)
Named in the bill
Puyallup Tribe of Indians, U.S. Department of Interior (Secretary), Public Law 101–41 (Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989), Public Law 103–399 (American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994), House Committee on Natural Resources
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jan 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 27, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $30,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 4 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Emily Randall, the sponsor, reported $336,181 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Puyallup Tribe of Washington — $30,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 10, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (964 characters) on Sep 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 10, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-21.
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