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Calendar No. 595 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1651 

[Report No. 111–309] 

To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 

Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. STABENOW) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of 

the Interior. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds that— 

5 (1) pursuant to section 5505 of division A of 

6 the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 


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1 (Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–516), the 

2 Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 

3 of Land Management, issued to the Great Lakes 

4 Shipwreck Historical Society located in Chippewa 

5 County of the State of Michigan United States Pat6 ent Number 61–98–0040 on September 23, 1998; 

7 (2) United States Patent Number 61–98–0040 

8 was recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

9 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan, on 

10 January 22, 1999, at Liber 757, on pages 115 

11 through 118; 

12 (3) in order to correct an error in United States 

13 Patent Number 61–98–0040, the Secretary issued a 

14 corrected patent, United States Patent Number 61– 

15 2000–0007, on March 10, 2000; 

16 (4) after issuance of the corrected United 

17 States Patent Number 61–2000–0007, the original 

18 United States Patent Number 61–98–0040 was can19 celled on the records of the Bureau of Land Man20 agement; and 

21 (5) corrected United States Patent Number 61– 

22 2000–0007 should be modified in accordance with 

23 this Act— 

24 (A) to effectuate— 


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1 (i) the Human Use/Natural Resource 

2 Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 

3 2002; and 

4 (ii) the settlement agreement dated 

5 July 16, 2001, filed in Docket Number 

6 2:00–CV–206 in the United States District 

7 Court for the Western District of Michi8 gan; and 

9 (B) to ensure a clear chain of title, re10 corded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of 

11 Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

12 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF LAND GRANT PATENT ISSUED BY 

13 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 

14 SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF LAND GRANT PATENT 

15 ISSUED BY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 

16 The Secretary of the Interior shall modify the matter 

17 under the heading ‘‘SUBJECT ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING

18 CONDITIONS’’ of paragraph 6 of United States Patent 

19 Number 61–2000–0007 by striking ‘‘Whitefish Point 

20 Comprehensive Plan of October 1992, or a 1992 or for a 

21 gift shop’’ and inserting ‘‘Human Use/Natural Resource 

22 Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 2002’’. 

23 SEC. 32. REVIEW OF MODIFICATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS. 

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1 tion to the Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for White2 fish Point, dated December 2002, described in the matter 

3 under the heading ‘‘SUBJECT ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING

4 CONDITIONS’’ of paragraph 6 of United States Patent 

5 Number 61–2000–0007 shall be subject to the review 

6 process established under— 

7 (1) section 106 of the National Historic Preser8 vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f); and 

9 (2) part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regu10 lations. 

11 (b) FEDERAL OR FEDERALLY ASSISTED UNDER12 TAKINGS.—Each Federal or federally assisted undertaking 

13 (as described in section 106 of the National Historic Pres14 ervation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f)) proposed to be carried out 

15 within the boundaries of the Whitefish Point Light Station 

16 shall be subject to the review process established under— 

17 (1) section 106 of the National Historic Preser18 vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f); and 

19 (2) part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regu20 lations. 

21 SEC. 43. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The modification of United States 

23 Patent Number 61–2000–0007 in accordance with section 

24 1 shall become effective on the date of the recording of 


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1 the modification in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

2 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

3 (b) ENDORSEMENT.—The Office of the Register of 

4 Deeds of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan is 

5 requested to endorse on the recorded copy of United 

6 States Patent Number 61–2000–0007 the fact that the 

7 Patent Number has been modified in accordance with this 

8 Act. 


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Calendar No. 595 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1651 

[Report No. 111–309] 

A BILL 

To modify a land grant patent issued by the 

Secretary of the Interior. 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 

Reported with amendments 


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