Federal government expands Miccosukee tribal land, commits to flood protection
S. 673 — Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act · Filed by Rick Scott (R-FL) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Feb 20, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill expands the Miccosukee Reserved Area within Everglades National Park to include Osceola Camp and requires the federal government to work with the Miccosukee Tribe within two years to protect structures there from flooding. The Miccosukee Tribe, a federally recognized Native American nation, gains additional land rights and flood protection for their community.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is territorial expansion of a federally recognized tribe's reserved area and a mandate for federal flood-protection action. It is a straightforward exercise of federal trust responsibility toward Native American sovereignty and environmental stewardship.
What the text implies
- Flood-protection work may trigger environmental review and construction activity within Everglades National Park, potentially affecting park ecology and visitor access during implementation.
- The two-year deadline creates a federal obligation with no explicit appropriation; funding mechanism and cost responsibility are not stated in this bill and depend on cited statute and future appropriations.
- Expansion of MRA may affect water management, land-use planning, and resource allocation within the park, with implications for other stakeholders (park management, other tribes, conservation interests).
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The Miccosukee Tribe, a federally recognized sovereign nation, gains expanded territorial rights and a federal commitment to flood protection for their community. Ordinary citizens benefit from transparent land-use clarity and environmental stewardship in a national park.
Named in the bill
Miccosukee Tribe, Everglades National Park, National Park Service, Miami-Dade County, U.S. Department of Interior (implied)
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Feb 20, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 20, 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”
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 2 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $140,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 2 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.
Rick Scott, the sponsor, reported $69,750 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida — $140,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 16, 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 (1,215 characters) on Aug 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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 Dec 2025 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 16, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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