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 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 681 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 681

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2025

 Mr. Keating introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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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 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''.
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