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.

Bill: 119-hr-681
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2025-01-23
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights

Land use and conservation

Massachusetts
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 681 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2025 Mr. Keating introduced 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.

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, and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Reservation after Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation .