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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1378 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 25, 2009 

Mr. LEVIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

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 

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

8 Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 

9 of Land Management, issued to the Great Lakes 

10 Shipwreck Historical Society located in Chippewa 

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1 ent Number 61–98–0040 on September 23, 1998, 

2 conveying certain property (referred to in this Act as 

3 the ‘‘Property’’) from the Federal Government to 

4 the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society; 

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

6 was recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

7 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan, on 

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

9 through 118; 

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

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

12 corrected patent, United States Patent Number 61– 

13 2000–0007, on March 10, 2000; 

14 (4) after issuance of the corrected United 

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

16 United States Patent Number 61–98–0040 was can17 celled on the records of the Bureau of Land Man18 agement; and 

19 (5) corrected United States Patent Number 61– 

20 2000–0007 should be modified in accordance with 

21 this Act— 

22 (A) to effectuate— 

23 (i) the Human Use/Natural Resource 

24 Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 

25 2002; and 


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1 (ii) the settlement agreement dated 

2 July 16, 2001, filed in Docket Number 

3 2:00–CV–206 in the United States District 

4 Court for the Western District of Michi5 gan; and 

6 (B) to ensure a clear chain of title, re7 corded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of 

8 Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

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

10 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 

11 The Secretary of the Interior shall modify the matter 

12 under the heading ‘‘SUBJECT ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING

13 CONDITIONS’’ of paragraph 6 of United States Patent 

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

15 Comprehensive Plan of October 1992, or a gift shop’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for White17 fish Point, dated December 2002’’. 

18 SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT LIMITATIONS AND REVIEW. 

19 As of the date of enactment of this Act, each develop20 ment of a new facility or expansion of a facility or infra21 structure on the Property shall be subject to— 

22 (1) the National Historic Preservation Act (16 

23 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) (including regulations); 


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1 (2) the National Environmental Policy Act of 

2 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (including regula3 tions); and 

4 (3) any other applicable law of— 

5 (A) the Federal Government (including 

6 regulations); and 

7 (B) a State or local government. 

8 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

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

11 2 shall become effective on the date of the recording of 

12 the modification in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

13 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

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

15 Deeds of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan is 

16 requested to endorse on the recorded copy of United 

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

18 Patent Number has been modified in accordance with this 

19 Act. 

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