Congress lets Lower Sioux Indian Community revoke its charter
S. 621 — A bill to accept the request to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of that Community, and for other purposes. · Filed by Tina Smith (D-MN) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Feb 18, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The Lower Sioux Indian Community asked Congress to revoke its charter. This charter had been in place since 1937. Congress passed this bill to accept that request and revoke the charter.
Who it affects
The Lower Sioux Indian Community is affected. The Community will have more control over its own government. This happens after the charter is revoked.
One thing to notice
The bill does what the Community asked for. The bill does not explain what happens to money or things the Community owns.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Feb 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 18, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs”
- Mar 5, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
- Dec 11, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8687; text: CR S8687)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- charter — A legal paper that sets up how a group is organized and run
- revoke — To take back or cancel something that was approved
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,129 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-18.
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