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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 Re-
sources 
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 Okla-
homa, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, 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 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mashpee Wampanoag 
Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF INDIAN TRUST LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The taking of land into trust by 
the United States for the benefit of the Mashpee Wampanoag 
Tribe of Massachusetts as described in the final Notice of 
Reservation Proclamation (81 Fed. Reg. 948; January 8, 
2016) is reaffirmed as trust land and the actions of the Sec-
retary of the Interior in taking that land into trust are 
ratified and confirmed. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, an action (including an action pending in a 
Federal court as of the date of enactment of this Act) relat-
ing to the land described in subsection (a) shall not be filed 
or maintained in a Federal court and shall be promptly 
dismissed. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (including reg-
ulations) of the United States of general applicability to 
Indians or nations, Indian Tribes, or bands of Indians (in-
cluding the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.)), 
shall be applicable to the Tribe and Tribal members, except 
that to the extent such laws and regulations are inconsistent 
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with the terms of the Intergovernmental Agreement, dated 
April 22, 2008, by and between the Mashpee Wampanoag 
Tribe and the Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, the terms 
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 Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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