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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1651 

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 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 County of the State of Michigan United States Pat2 ent Number 61–98–0040 on September 23, 1998; 

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

4 was recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

5 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan, on 

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

7 through 118; 

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

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

10 corrected patent, United States Patent Number 61– 

11 2000–0007, on March 10, 2000; 

12 (4) after issuance of the corrected United 

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

14 United States Patent Number 61–98–0040 was can15 celled on the records of the Bureau of Land Man16 agement; and 

17 (5) corrected United States Patent Number 61– 

18 2000–0007 should be modified in accordance with 

19 this Act— 

20 (A) to effectuate— 

21 (i) the Human Use/Natural Resource 

22 Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 

23 2002; and 

24 (ii) the settlement agreement dated 

25 July 16, 2001, filed in Docket Number 


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1 2:00–CV–206 in the United States District 

2 Court for the Western District of Michi3 gan; and 

4 (B) to ensure a clear chain of title, re5 corded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of 

6 Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

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

8 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 

9 The Secretary of the Interior shall modify the matter 

10 under the heading ‘‘SUBJECT ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING

11 CONDITIONS’’ of paragraph 6 of United States Patent 

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

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

14 inserting ‘‘Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for White15 fish Point, dated December 2002’’. 

16 SEC. 3. REVIEW OF MODIFICATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS. 

17 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO HUMAN USE/NATURAL RE18 SOURCE PLAN FOR WHITEFISH POINT.—Each modifica19 tion to the Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for White20 fish Point, dated December 2002, described in the matter 

21 under the heading ‘‘SUBJECT ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING

22 CONDITIONS’’ of paragraph 6 of United States Patent 

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

24 process established under— 


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1 (1) section 106 of the National Historic Preser2 vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f); and 

3 (2) part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regu4 lations. 

5 (b) FEDERAL OR FEDERALLY ASSISTED UNDER6 TAKINGS.—Each Federal or federally assisted undertaking 

7 (as described in section 106 of the National Historic Pres8 ervation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f)) proposed to be carried out 

9 within the boundaries of the Whitefish Point Light Station 

10 shall be subject to the review process established under— 

11 (1) section 106 of the National Historic Preser12 vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f); and 

13 (2) part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regu14 lations. 

15 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

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

18 2 shall become effective on the date of the recording of 

19 the modification in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

20 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

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

22 Deeds of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan is 

23 requested to endorse on the recorded copy of United 

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


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1 Patent Number has been modified in accordance with this 

2 Act. 

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