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 held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10492 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10492 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 held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2024 Mr. Keating introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ 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 held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and 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, and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Reservation'' after ``Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation''. <all>
Native Americans
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Massachusetts
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