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<dc:title>119 HR 2916 IH: 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.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-04-14</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2916</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250414">April 14, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001196">Ms. Stefanik</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HII00">Committee on Natural Resources</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">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.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H37CDEB6F73FD4E4A850A2F679165B69F" style="OLC"><section id="HCDEEB53EB0D749D996E2C712C47D0EA6" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Agreement and transfers authorized, ratified and confirmed</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> The following are hereby authorized, ratified, and confirmed:</text><paragraph id="H52B77B96D5BD4F3DA9F8C444517250A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 <quote>Settlement Agreement</quote>), 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6741D3631E244670BA744DC5B811E863"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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).</text></paragraph></section><section id="HA66621A984624A9EBFF04628E4F43098"><enum>2.</enum><header>Lands owned by Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within settlement acquisition areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:</text><paragraph id="H162CA41242304A0789ADD1710E3416BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H140E2B9ED6A44759A1A940516F57FD51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Land acquired by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within the Settlement Acquisition Areas after the effective date of the Settlement Agreement.</text></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

