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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.

119th CongressIntroduced April 14, 2025Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]· NY-21
Stage
In committee
Latest action
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
June 3, 2026

Summary

This bill recognizes and settles the Akwesasne land claim in northern New York.

Committees

  • PrimaryIndian Affairs Committee
  • AlsoNatural Resources Committee

CRS subjects

Federal-Indian relationsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rights

Action history

  1. April 14, 2025Introduced in House
  2. April 14, 2025Introduced in House
  3. April 14, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. June 4, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
  5. June 11, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
  6. September 17, 2025Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
  7. September 17, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. September 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  9. October 31, 2025Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-355.
  10. October 31, 2025Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-355.
  11. October 31, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 307.
  12. December 9, 2025Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  13. December 9, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5085-5086)
  14. December 9, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2916.
  15. December 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5085)
  16. December 9, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5085)
  17. December 9, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. December 10, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  19. June 3, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.

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