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What the document says
“This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act''.”
Section 1, the short title. It supplies the name by which the Act is cited and does nothing else. The Act amends no older statute here.
What the document actually says
“This Act may be cited as the ``Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act''.”
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This law has a name. People can call it by that name.
What this is about
A law often starts by saying its own name. The name here points to Wounded Knee in South Dakota. Nothing else is set here.
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Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, Public Law 119-61, sec. 1, 139 Stat. 1977 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ61/html/PLAW-119publ61.htm
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“Short Title,” Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, section 1. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/wounded-knee-massacre-memorial-sacred-site-act/section-1/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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The whole section. It is a short title section and runs to one sentence.
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