119-hr2916

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 Union Calendar No. 307
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2916

 [Report No. 119-355]

 To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and 
 Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of 
 New York, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 14, 2025

 Ms. Stefanik introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources

 October 31, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
 and ordered to be printed

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 A BILL

 To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and 
 Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of 
 New York, 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. AGREEMENT AND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED, RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED.

 The following are hereby authorized, ratified, and confirmed:

    (1) The Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve 
 the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York 
 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Settlement 
 Agreement''), entered into by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the 
 Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the State of New York, the 
 Counties of Franklin and Saint Lawrence, New York, the Towns of 
 Fort Covington and Bombay, New York, and the New York Power 
 Authority.

    (2) Any transfer of land, right-of-way, or easement that is 
 the subject of the claims in the Canadian Saint Regis Band of 
 Mohawk Indians v. New York et al. (82-CV-783); the Canadian 
 Saint Regis Band of Mohawk Indians v. New York et al. (82-CV-
 1114); and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, by the Saint Regis 
 Mohawk Tribal Council and the People of the Longhouse at 
 Akwesasne, by Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs v. The State of 
 New York, et al. (89-CV-829).

SEC. 2. LANDS OWNED BY SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE WITHIN SETTLEMENT 
 ACQUISITION AREAS.

 The following shall be Indian Country as defined in 

section 1151

    (a) of title 18, United States Code, subject to the terms, conditions, and 
limitations of the Settlement Agreement:

    (1) Land owned on the effective date of the Settlement 
 Agreement by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within the Settlement 
 Acquisition Areas, as defined in the Settlement Agreement.

    (2) Land acquired by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within 
 the Settlement Acquisition Areas after the effective date of 
 the Settlement Agreement.
 Union Calendar No. 307

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 2916

 [Report No. 119-355]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and 
 Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of 
 New York, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 October 31, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
 and ordered to be printed