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Bills/118th Congress · House

H.R. 10492

Introduced

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.

Sponsor
DWilliam R. Keating· Massachusetts
Introduced
December 18, 2024
Policy area
Native Americans
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.December 18, 2024
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10492 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 18, 2024

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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