Helping Our People Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3769 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3769

   To amend the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989 to 
clarify that amounts in the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Trust 
 Fund may be withdrawn by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2026

 Ms. Cantwell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989 to 
clarify that amounts in the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Trust 
 Fund may be withdrawn by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Our People Act of 2026'' or 
the ``kwaxwad tiij 9iis4dc4j Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF TRUST FUND BY PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS.

    (a) Permanent Trust Fund for Tribal Members.--Section 6(b) of the 
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-41; 
103 Stat. 87) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(6) Amounts in the trust fund may be withdrawn by the Tribe 
pursuant to the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 
1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) under a management plan approved by the 
Secretary under that Act.''.
    (b) Savings Provision.--The Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement 
Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-41; 103 Stat. 83) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 14. SAVINGS PROVISION.

    ``Nothing in this Act prevents the United States from engaging with 
the Tribe, on the same basis as other federally recognized Indian 
Tribes, under any Federal law enacted after the date of enactment of 
this Act.''.
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