To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.

This bill changes the rules for who can be a member of the Catawba Indian Nation in South Carolina. A law from 1993 said that new members had to be descendants of people on a specific membership list and had to have kept an ongoing political relationship with the tribe. This bill removes those requirements set by the federal government and lets the tribe decide its own membership rules. The tribe currently uses three membership lists, and anyone who wants to join must prove they are a descendant of someone on one of those lists.

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