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A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.

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Introduced:
Jan 23, 2025
Policy Area:
Native Americans

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Actions
2
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
5
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1
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Jan 23, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in Senate - Jan 23, 2025 00
<p>This bill authorizes the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)&nbsp;to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years. Both tribes are located in Massachusetts.</p>

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 10000
Jan 23, 2025

Subjects (5)

Federal-Indian relations Indian lands and resources rights Land use and conservation Massachusetts Native Americans (Policy Area)

Cosponsors (2)

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in Senate

Jan 23, 2025

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Length: 1,723 characters Version: Introduced in Senate Version Date: Jan 23, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 12, 2025 6:23 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 236 Introduced in Senate

(IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 236

To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the ``Long-Term
Leasing Act''), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

(Aquinnah) , and for other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 23, 2025

Mr. Markey (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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A BILL

To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the ``Long-Term
Leasing Act''), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

(Aquinnah) , 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.

(AQUINNAH) LEASING AUTHORITY.

Subsection

(a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955
(69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415

(a) ) (commonly known as the
``Long-Term Leasing Act''), is amended, in the second sentence, by
inserting ``, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation, land held in
trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

(Aquinnah) '' after
``Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation''.
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