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Calendar No. 136 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 404 

[Report No. 112–56] 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2011 

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

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

AUGUST 30 (legislative day, AUGUST 2), 2011 

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of August 2, 2011, by 

Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment 

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 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 

15 modify the matter under the heading ‘‘Subject Also to the 

16 Following Conditions’’ of paragraph 6 of United States 

17 Patent Number 61–2000–0007 by striking ‘‘Whitefish 

18 Point Comprehensive Plan of October 1992 or for a gift 

19 shop’’ and inserting ‘‘Human Use/Natural Resource Plan 

20 for Whitefish Point, dated December 2002’’. 

21 (b) EFFECT.—Each other term of the conveyance re22 lating to the property that is the subject of United States 

23 Patent Number 61–2000–0007, including each obligation 

24 to maintain the property in accordance with the National 

25 Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and any 


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1 other appropriate law (including regulations), and the obli2 gation to use the property in a manner that does not im3 pair or interfere with the conservation values of the prop4 erty, shall remain in effect. 

5 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

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

8 2 shall become effective on the date of the recording of 

9 the modification in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

10 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

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

12 Deeds of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan is 

13 requested to endorse on the recorded copy of United 

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

15 Patent Number has been modified in accordance with this 

16 Act. 


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Calendar No. 136 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 404 

[Report No. 112–56] 

A BILL 

To modify a land grant patent issued by the 

Secretary of the Interior. 

AUGUST 30 (legislative day, AUGUST 2), 2011 

Reported without amendment 


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