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 legislation serves to authorize, ratify, and confirm the comprehensive Agreement of Settlement and Compromise designed to resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York. This significant agreement was entered into by multiple parties, including the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the State of New York, Franklin and Saint Lawrence Counties, the Towns of Fort Covington and Bombay, and the New York Power Authority. A key provision of the bill is the designation of specific lands as Indian Country , as defined by Federal law. This includes land owned by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe within the Settlement Acquisition Areas on the agreement's effective date, as well as any land subsequently acquired by the Tribe within these same areas. These designations are subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations outlined in the Settlement Agreement itself.