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Union Calendar No. 32 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 312 

[Report No. 116–54] 

To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2019 

Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

LAMALFA, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. COLE) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

MAY 10, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. DAVIDS of 

Kansas, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, 

Mr. RASKIN, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. 

LYNCH, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. KIND, Mr. 

VARGAS, Ms. DEAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, and Mr. DESAULNIER

MAY 10, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 8, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and 

for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mashpee Wampanoag 

5 Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF INDIAN TRUST LAND. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The taking of land into trust by 

8 the United States for the benefit of the Mashpee Wampanoag 

9 Tribe of Massachusetts as described in the final Notice of 

10 Reservation Proclamation (81 Fed. Reg. 948; January 8, 

11 2016) is reaffirmed as trust land and the actions of the Sec12 retary of the Interior in taking that land into trust are 

13 ratified and confirmed. 

14 (b) APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi15 sion of law, an action (including an action pending in a 

16 Federal court as of the date of enactment of this Act) relat17 ing to the land described in subsection (a) shall not be filed 

18 or maintained in a Federal court and shall be promptly 

19 dismissed. 

20 (c) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (including reg21 ulations) of the United States of general applicability to 

22 Indians or nations, Indian Tribes, or bands of Indians (in23 cluding the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.)), 

24 shall be applicable to the Tribe and Tribal members, except 

25 that to the extent such laws and regulations are inconsistent 


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1 with the terms of the Intergovernmental Agreement, dated 

2 April 22, 2008, by and between the Mashpee Wampanoag 

3 Tribe and the Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, the terms 

4 of that Intergovernmental Agreement shall control. 


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Union Calendar No. 32 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 312 

[Report No. 116–54] 

A BILL 

To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 

reservation, and for other purposes. 

MAY 10, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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