This bill would change the Long-Term Leasing Act of 1955 to allow leases of up to 99 years for two specific areas: the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). The amendment inserts those named lands into subsection (a) of the Act's first section after the reference to the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. The bill was introduced in the Senate on January 23, 2025, by Senators Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren, with Senator Thomas Tillis listed as a sponsor. It was referred to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Status: In Progress.
If you live on, manage, or plan to lease land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation or trust land for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), this bill would authorize those lands to be leased for terms up to 99 years. The bill text itself only adds those lands to the list of places where long-term leases are allowed; it does not set lease prices, specific lease rules, or other contract terms.
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Sponsors listed in the bill text and metadata: Edward Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Thomas Tillis. No publicly available information on formal statements or detailed arguments from proponents included in the bill text or metadata.
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