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Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025
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.
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- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer funds to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) in Baraga County, Michigan, in order to settle the KBIC's land claims and clear title to those lands.
The KBIC may use these funds for any lawful purpose except to acquire land for gaming.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jun 11, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jun 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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