Bill Details
S.673 - 119th Congress
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2025-10-28 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220.
Introduced Date
2025-02-20
Policy Area
Native Americans
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This bill would expand the Miccosukee Reserved Area to include a section of Everglades National Park known as Osceola Camp. It also directs the federal government to work with the Miccosukee Tribe to take steps within two years to protect buildings and other structures in that area from flooding. In simple terms, the bill updates the area’s legal boundaries and adds a flood-protection requirement for a vulnerable part of the land.
- The added land is the part of the park identified as Osceola Camp, based on a July 2023 map kept by the National Park Service and filed with Miami-Dade County and the Tribe.
- The Secretary of the Interior must consult with the Miccosukee Tribe when planning and carrying out flood-protection work.
- The flood-protection actions must be taken no later than 2 years after the law is enacted.
Official Summaries
Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act
This bill expands the Miccosukee Reserved Area to include a portion of Everglades National Park in Florida that is known as Osceola Camp. The Department of the Interior, in consultation with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, must take appropriate actions to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 673 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 220
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 673
[Report No. 119-90]
To amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion of
the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect
structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 20, 2025
Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mrs. Moody) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Indian Affairs
October 28, 2025
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment
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A BILL
To amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion of
the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect
structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding, 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 ``Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments
Act''.
SEC. 2. MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA ADDITION.
Section 4(4) of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410
note; Public Law 105-313) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(C) Additional area.--In addition to the land
described in subparagraph (B), the term `Miccosukee
Reserved Area' or `MRA' includes the portion of the
Park that is known as `Osceola Camp' and is depicted on
the map entitled `Everglades National Park, Proposed
Expansion-Miccosukee Reserved Area, Osceola Camp',
numbered 160/188443, and dated July 2023, copies of
which shall--
``(i) be kept available for public
inspection in the offices of the National Park
Service; and
``(ii) be filed with appropriate officers
of Miami-Dade County and the Tribe.''.
SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF THE OSCEOLA CAMP FROM FLOODING.
Section 8 of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410 note;
Public Law 105-313) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Protection of Osceola Camp From Flooding.--Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Tribe, shall take appropriate actions to protect
structures within the area described in section 4(4)(C) from
flooding.''.
Calendar No. 220
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 673
[Report No. 119-90]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion of
the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect
structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding, and for other
purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 28, 2025
Reported without amendment