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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 236 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the ‘‘Long- |
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| 6 | 6 | | Term Leasing Act’’), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land |
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| 7 | 7 | | in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust |
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| 8 | 8 | | for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other pur- |
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| 9 | 9 | | poses. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. M |
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| 13 | 13 | | ARKEY(for himself and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 14 | 14 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known |
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| 17 | 17 | | as the ‘‘Long-Term Leasing Act’’), to authorize leases |
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| 18 | 18 | | of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for |
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| 21 | 21 | | other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 236 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE AND 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (AQUINNAH) LEASING AUTHORITY. 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of Au-4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | gust 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 415(a)) (commonly known as the ‘‘Long-Term Leasing 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act’’), is amended, in the second sentence, by inserting 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation, land held 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (Aquinnah)’’ after ‘‘Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Reservation’’. 11 |
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