Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023
USA118th CongressS-195| Senate
| Updated: 12/19/2023
Gary C. Peters
Democratic Senator
Michigan
Cosponsors (1)
Indian Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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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.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 272.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6008-6009; text: CR S6008-6009)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: 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.
Native Americans
Federal-Indian relationsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersMichigan
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023
USA118th CongressS-195| Senate
| Updated: 12/19/2023
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.
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Timeline
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.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 272.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6008-6009; text: CR S6008-6009)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: 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.
Gary C. Peters
Democratic Senator
Michigan
Cosponsors (1)
Indian Affairs Committee
Native Americans
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Federal-Indian relationsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersMichigan