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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY23, 2025
Mr. K
EATINGintroduced 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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE AND 3
WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD 4
(AQUINNAH) LEASING AUTHORITY. 5
Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of Au-6
gust 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 7
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415(a)) (commonly known as the ‘‘Long-Term Leasing 1
Act’’), is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting 2
‘‘, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation, and the 3
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Reservation’’ 4
after ‘‘Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation’’. 5
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