Summary

Removes a membership restriction in the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 that barred enrollment of any person unless they were a lineal descendant on the final base membership roll and had continued to maintain political relations with the Tribe. Deleting that parenthetical restriction allows the Tribe (and the federal statute governing its settlement) to enroll future members without that specific descent-and-political-relations test. The change affects who may be eligible for tribal enrollment and thereby could affect tribal rolls, internal governance, and distribution of tribal benefits; it does not appropriate funds or create new federal programs in the text provided.

• Removes a statutory clause that barred enrollment unless an individual was a lineal descendant on the final base membership roll and had maintained political relations with the Tribe.
• Enables the possibility of enrolling additional individuals without that specific descent-and-political-relations requirement.
• Directly affects membership eligibility and the Tribe’s future roll composition.
• Does not change the existing final base membership roll itself; it removes a restriction on future enrollments.
• Contains no new appropriations, funding, or authorization of federal programs in the provided text.
• May require the Tribe to revise enrollment procedures and could affect allocation of tribal benefits and governance participation.
• Could prompt internal debates or administrative and legal questions about implementation and retroactivity.