Bills · 119th Congress · Native Americans

Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/16/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 7/14/25
  3. SenatePassed 12/11/25
  4. PresidentVetoed 12/29/25
  5. Law

Passed the House by voice vote on July 14, 2025. Passed the Senate by unanimous consent on December 11, 2025. Vetoed by the President on December 29, 2025. The House vote to override the veto failed on January 8, 2026.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HousePassage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding · 1/8/26Veto overrideA vote to make a bill law despite the president's veto. It takes a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate.Senate glossary: veto override ↗
Failed
  • Democratic212 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Not voting
  • Republican24 Yea · 188 Nay · 6 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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.

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Sponsor
Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez ( Republican · FL-28)
Cosponsors
3
Introduced
1/16/25
Policy area
Native Americans

What happens next

Overriding the veto takes a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (37)
  1. 1/16/25Introduced in House
  2. 1/16/25Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  3. 1/17/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  4. 1/29/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
  5. 2/5/25Subcommittee Hearings Held
  6. 6/25/25Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
  7. 6/25/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. 6/25/25Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  9. 7/10/25Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-189, Part I.
  10. 7/10/25Committee on Transportation discharged.
  11. 7/10/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 154.
  12. 7/14/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3228-3230)
  13. 7/14/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 504.
  14. 7/14/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3228-3229)
  15. 7/14/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3228-3229)
  16. 7/14/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 7/14/25Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  18. 7/15/25Received in the Senate.
  19. 12/9/25Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291.
  20. 12/11/25Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  21. 12/11/25Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8693)
  22. 12/15/25Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  23. 12/18/25Presented to President.
  24. 12/29/25Vetoed by President.
  25. 1/2/26The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President. (text: CR H6136)
  26. 1/2/26The Chair announced that the objections of the President to H.R. 504 would be spread at large upon the Journal and the veto message would be printed as a House Document (119-120).
  27. 1/2/26POSTPONED CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGE - The Chair announced that further consideration of the veto message and the bill, H.R. 504, is postponed until the legislative day of January 8, 2026. Agreed to without objection.
  28. 1/8/26The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
  29. 1/8/26DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House of January 2, 2026, the unfinished business is the further consideration of the veto message of the President on H.R. 504. The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. (consideration: CR H208-209)
  30. 1/8/26The previous question was ordered without objection.
  31. 1/8/26POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the veto message of the President to H.R. 504, the Chair put the question on will the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. Under the Constitution, the vote must be taken by the yeas and nays. Further proceedings were postponed until a time to be announced.
  32. 1/8/26The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the consideration of the veto. (consideration: CR H211-212)
  33. 1/8/26Failed of passage in House over veto On passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 236 - 188 (Roll no. 8).
  34. 1/8/26On passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 236 - 188 (Roll no. 8).
  35. 1/8/26Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources.
  36. 1/8/26On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Natural Resources.
  37. 1/8/26The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.