A bill to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854, and for other purposes.
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer funds to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) in order to settle the KBIC's land claims to the Reservation Swamp Lands and the Reservation Canal Lands and clear title to those lands.
The KBIC may use these funds for any lawful purpose except to acquire land for gaming.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-105.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-129.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-129.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 272.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6008-6009; text: CR S6008-6009)
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6008-6009; text: CR S6008-6009)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
checking server…
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line