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.

This bill would authorize, ratify, and confirm a Settlement Agreement intended to resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk land claim in New York. It names the involved parties (the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, New York State, Franklin and Saint Lawrence Counties, the Towns of Fort Covington and Bombay, and the New York Power Authority) and provides that land transfers, rights-of-way, or easements that are part of the claim settlements may occur as described in the Settlement Agreement and related court cases. Section 2 designates lands held by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within defined Settlement Acquisition Areas as Indian Country under federal law (18 U.S.C. 1151(a)), but notes that such designation is subject to the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement. In short, the bill seeks to formalize the settlement of a long-running land claim, authorize related land transfers, and establish a specific area of lands as Indian Country in connection with the settlement, all subject to the agreement’s terms.