S236Referred to Committee

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.

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2025-01-23

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Edward J. Markey

Democrat · MA · Senator

Votes with party: 67.0% (321 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (2)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

2026-05-20

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Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Indian AffairsMarkup By · 2026-05-20

Previously

Senate Committee on Indian AffairsHearings By (full committee) · 2025-12-17
Senate Committee on Indian AffairsReferred To · 2025-01-23

Plain-English Summary

This bill authorizes the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years. Both tribes are located in Massachusetts.

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Subjects

Native Americans

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 236 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 236 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 23, 2025 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 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''. <all>

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