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
What This Bill Does
This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York. The agreement includes the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, State of New York, Franklin County, Saint Lawrence County, Town of Fort Covington, Town of Bombay, and New York Power Authority. It also ratifies and confirms transfers of land, rights-of-way, or easements that are the subject of the listed Canadian Saint Regis Band of Mohawk Indians and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe land-claim cases. The bill then provides that Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe land owned within the settlement acquisition areas on the effective date, and land later acquired there, is Indian Country under 18 U.S.C. 1151(a), subject to the settlement agreement's terms, conditions, and limitations.
Who Benefits and How
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Saint Regis Mohawk tribal members, Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, State of New York, Franklin County, Saint Lawrence County, Town of Fort Covington, Town of Bombay, and New York Power Authority benefit from congressional ratification that resolves land claims, confirms covered transfers, clarifies Indian Country status, and stabilizes jurisdiction within the settlement acquisition areas.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The State of New York, Franklin County officials, Saint Lawrence County officials, Fort Covington local officials, Bombay local officials, New York Power Authority land managers, title and easement holders, and federal Indian-country jurisdiction administrators must operate under the settlement terms, recognize specified tribal land as Indian Country, administer covered rights-of-way and easements, and accept the jurisdictional limits and obligations in the agreement.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Akwesasne Mohawk land-claim settlement agreement.
- Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms covered transfers of land, rights-of-way, and easements tied to listed land-claim cases.
- Provides Indian Country status for Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe land owned within settlement acquisition areas on the settlement effective date.
- Provides Indian Country status for later-acquired Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe land in settlement acquisition areas, subject to the agreement.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Ratifies the Akwesasne Mohawk land-claim settlement agreement and covered land, right-of-way, and easement transfers in New York, and treats Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe land within settlement acquisition areas as Indian Country under the settlement agreement.
Key Policy Areas
Tribal Affairs, Land Claims, New York
Primary Purpose
Ratifies the Akwesasne Mohawk land-claim settlement agreement and covered land, right-of-way, and easement transfers in New York, and treats Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe land within settlement acquisition areas as Indian Country under the settlement agreement.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
- Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
- Saint Regis Mohawk tribal members
- Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs
- State of New York
- Franklin County
- Saint Lawrence County
- Town of Fort Covington
- Town of Bombay
- New York Power Authority
Identified Costs
- State of New York
- Franklin County officials
- Saint Lawrence County officials
- Fort Covington local officials
- Bombay local officials
- New York Power Authority land managers
- Title holders
- Easement holders
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian …
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5085-5086)
Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Franklin County, Saint Lawrence County, Saint Regis Mohawk tribal government
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "settlement"
- → Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York
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