[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 2916 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 307
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2916

                          [Report No. 119-355]

   To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and 
 Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of 
                   New York, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2025

 Ms. Stefanik introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                            October 31, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and 
 Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of 
                   New York, 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. AGREEMENT AND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED, RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED.

     The following are hereby authorized, ratified, and confirmed:
            (1) The Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve 
        the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York 
        (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ``Settlement 
        Agreement''), entered into by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the 
        Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the State of New York, the 
        Counties of Franklin and Saint Lawrence, New York, the Towns of 
        Fort Covington and Bombay, New York, and the New York Power 
        Authority.
            (2) Any transfer of land, right-of-way, or easement that is 
        the subject of the claims in the Canadian Saint Regis Band of 
        Mohawk Indians v. New York et al. (82-CV-783); the Canadian 
        Saint Regis Band of Mohawk Indians v. New York et al. (82-CV-
        1114); and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, by the Saint Regis 
        Mohawk Tribal Council and the People of the Longhouse at 
        Akwesasne, by Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs v. The State of 
        New York, et al. (89-CV-829).

SEC. 2. LANDS OWNED BY SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE WITHIN SETTLEMENT 
              ACQUISITION AREAS.

    The following shall be Indian Country as defined in section 1151(a) 
of title 18, United States Code, subject to the terms, conditions, and 
limitations of the Settlement Agreement:
            (1) Land owned on the effective date of the Settlement 
        Agreement by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within the Settlement 
        Acquisition Areas, as defined in the Settlement Agreement.
            (2) Land acquired by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within 
        the Settlement Acquisition Areas after the effective date of 
        the Settlement Agreement.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 307

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2916

                          [Report No. 119-355]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and 
 Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of 
                   New York, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 31, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed