A bill 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.

Approve Akwesasne land settlement

If enacted, this bill would authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to resolve the Akwesasne land claim. It would confirm transfers of land, rights-of-way, and easements covered by the three named lawsuits. The bill would also treat land the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe owns in the settlement areas as Indian Country for federal law. That Indian Country designation would apply to land the Tribe owned when the settlement takes effect and to land the Tribe acquires later, subject to the settlement's terms. The settlement confirmation would take effect upon enactment, and the Indian Country rule would follow the settlement's effective date.