Official Summaries

This bill authorizes the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years. Both tribes are located in Massachusetts.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 236 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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. MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE AND WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD 
              (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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