116 HR 312 RH: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act U.S. House of Representatives 2019-05-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 32 116th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 312 [Report No. 116–54] 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 Resources 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 Oklahoma, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, 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 A BILL To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act.

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 Secretary of the Interior in taking that land into trust are ratified and confirmed. (b)

Application

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action (including an action pending in a Federal court as of the date of enactment of this Act) relating 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 regulations) of the United States of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian Tribes, or bands of Indians (including 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 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.

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