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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.
Summary
- Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim involving the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, State of New York, local counties and municipalities, and the New York Power Authority.
- Confirms any transfers of land, rights-of-way, or easements related to three specific lawsuits resolving Akwesasne Mohawk land claims.
- Designates land owned by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within the Settlement Acquisition Areas as Indian Country under federal law.
- Applies Indian Country designation to land owned by the tribe on the effective date of the settlement and to land acquired by the tribe after that date.
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Actions (17)
- Jun 3, 2026 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. · senate
- Dec 10, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. · senate
- Dec 9, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- Dec 9, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5085) · house
- Dec 9, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5085)
- Dec 9, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2916. · house
- Dec 9, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5085-5086) · house
- Dec 9, 2025 Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · house
- Oct 31, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 307. · house
- Oct 31, 2025 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-355. · house
- Sep 17, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. · house
- Sep 17, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Sep 17, 2025 Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged · house
- Jun 11, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Jun 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs. · house
- Apr 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Apr 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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AN ACT
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.
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2916
AN ACT
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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