Contact Congress about H.R. 2916: 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.

This bill would lock in a land-claim settlement for the Akwesasne Mohawk in New York. It would also treat certain Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe lands as Indian Country under federal law.

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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. is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.

Latest action on H.R. 2916: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and other Mohawk governments because it settles disputed land claims and defines the status of certain lands. It also affects New York State, two counties, two towns, and the New York Power Authority because they are part of the settlement. Nearby residents and local governments may see changes in who has authority over some land, depending on the settlement terms.

Why this matters: Long-running land disputes can make it hard to know who owns land and which government has power there. This bill would give the settlement federal backing and could make planning easier for housing, services, policing, and economic activity. The exact effect depends on the separate settlement agreement, which contains many of the details.

Key provisions in H.R. 2916

• Congress would approve the Akwesasne Mohawk land-claim settlement in New York and give it federal backing.
• The deal includes the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, New York State, Franklin and St. Lawrence Counties, the towns of Fort Covington and Bombay, and the New York Power Authority.
• The bill would approve land transfers tied to three federal court cases about Saint Regis Mohawk land claims. It also covers rights-of-way and easements, which are legal rights to use land in limited ways.
• Land the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe already owns in the defined settlement areas would count as Indian Country on the settlement’s effective date. That status comes under federal criminal law, and the settlement can limit how it works.
• Land the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe buys or receives later in those same settlement areas would also count as Indian Country, if the settlement’s conditions are met.

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This bill would lock in a land-claim settlement for the Akwesasne Mohawk in New York. It would also treat certain Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe lands as Indian Country under federal law.

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