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H.R. 165: Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 165119th CongressNative Americans

Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Sponsored by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) · 0 active

Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-61.

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Where it standsBecame law

Became law

House: passedJan 22, 2025
Senate: passedDec 11, 2025
President: Signed into lawDec 19, 2025

56 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

This act directs the Department of the Interior to complete all actions necessary to place approximately 40 acres of land in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

Restricted fee status

refers to land that is owned by a tribe or tribal member but is subject to restrictions by the United States against alienation (i.e., sale or transfer) or encumbrance (e.g., liens, leases, or rights-of-way) by operation of law.

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The act requires the land to be held and maintained as a memorial and sacred site, as outlined by the document titled

Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

and dated October 21, 2022. Further, it prohibits commercial development and gaming activity on the land.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
South Dakota
State and local taxation

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

56Swing 70–100
203Middle 30–70
172Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Not applicable in the House. There is not enough similar voting history (weight 3.5 of 5.0 needed), so this input is left out of the score rather than counted as missing.

S. 3857 · Dec 18, 2024 · Roll call 1231On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassJamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1101 · Dec 17, 2024 · Roll call 1229On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedLumbee Fairness Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
S. 723 · Mar 4, 2026 · Roll call 441On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassTribal Trust Land Homeownership Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 504 · Jan 8, 2026 · Roll call 368Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary NotwithstandingMiccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 663 · Sep 18, 2023 · Roll call 393On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNative American Child Protection Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

0 active

This bill has no cosponsors.

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommittee
100Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Susie LeeDemocrat · Nevada 3rd · Lean D+1House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommittee
91Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3252 Website
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
4
Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommittee
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4215 Website
5
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommittee
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1947 Website
6
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
90Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
7
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
89Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6506 Website
8
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
88Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4155 Website
9
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
88Swing
ContactCall 202-225-1640 Website
10
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
87Swing
ContactCall 202-225-5361 Website