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 in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-5559
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-12-17
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights

Land use and conservation

Massachusetts
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-12-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)&nbsp;to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years. Both tribes are located in Massachusetts.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5559 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024 Mr. Markey (for himself and Ms. Warren ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 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 in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.

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, land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) after Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation .