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H. Rept. 116-54 1 (2019-05-10)

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                     116TH CONGRESS                                           REPORT
                        1st Session     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              116-54







                             MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE RESERVATION
                                           REAFFIRMATION ACT



                      MAY 10, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                         the Union and ordered to be printed



                          Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
                                           submitted the following


                                               REPORT

                                                 together with

                                            DISSENTING VIEWS

                                              [To accompany H.R. 312]

                       The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 312) to reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reserva-
                     tion, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report fa-
                     vorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill
                     as amended do pass.
                       The amendment is as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

                     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                       This Act may be cited as the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirma-
                     tion Act.
                     SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF INDIAN TRUST LAND.
                       (a) IN GENERAL.-The taking of land into trust by the United States for the ben-
                     efit of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts as described in the final
                     Notice of Reservation Proclamation (81 Fed. Reg. 948; January 8, 2016) is re-
                     affirmed as trust land and the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in taking that
                     land into trust are ratified and confirmed.
                       (b) APPLICATION.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action (includ-
                     ing an action pending in a Federal court as of the date of enactment of this Act)
                     relating to the land described in subsection (a) shall not be filed or maintained in
                     a Federal court and shall be promptly dismissed.
                       (c) APPLICABILITY OF LAws.-All laws (including regulations) of the United States
                     of general applicability to Indians or nations, Indian Tribes, or bands of Indians (in-
                     cluding the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.)), shall be applicable to
                     the Tribe and Tribal members, except that to the extent such laws and regulations
                     are inconsistent with the terms of the Intergovernmental Agreement, dated April
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