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 l...
Officially: “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” Read the full text
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1Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) leasing authority
This section would amend the Act of August 9, 1955, known as the Long-Term Leasing Act (25 U.S.C. 415(a)), so that land held in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) could be leased for up to 99 years. It would do this by adding the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Reservation to the list of reservations named in the second sentence of subsection (a) of that Act, a list that already includes the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.
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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, and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Reservation after Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation .
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