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Union Calendar No. 300 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 404 

[Report No. 112–433] 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 21, 2011 

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 16, 2012 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of 

the Interior. 


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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 

11 County of the State of Michigan United States Pat12 ent Number 61–98–0040 on September 23, 1998; 

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

14 was recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

15 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan, on 

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

17 through 118; 

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

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

20 corrected patent, United States Patent Number 61– 

21 2000–0007, on March 10, 2000; 

22 (4) after issuance of the corrected United 

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

24 United States Patent Number 61–98–0040 was canVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:10 Apr 16, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S404.RH S404

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1 celled on the records of the Bureau of Land Man2 agement; and 

3 (5) corrected United States Patent Number 61– 

4 2000–0007 should be modified in accordance with 

5 this Act— 

6 (A) to effectuate— 

7 (i) the Human Use/Natural Resource 

8 Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 

9 2002; and 

10 (ii) the settlement agreement dated 

11 July 16, 2001, filed in Docket Number 

12 2:00–CV–206 in the United States District 

13 Court for the Western District of Michi14 gan; and 

15 (B) to ensure a clear chain of title, re16 corded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of 

17 Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

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

19 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 

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

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

22 Following Conditions’’ of paragraph 6 of United States 

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

24 Point Comprehensive Plan of October 1992 or for a gift 


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

2 for Whitefish Point, dated December 2002’’. 

3 (b) EFFECT.—Each other term of the conveyance re4 lating to the property that is the subject of United States 

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

6 to maintain the property in accordance with the National 

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

8 other appropriate law (including regulations), and the obli9 gation to use the property in a manner that does not im10 pair or interfere with the conservation values of the prop11 erty, shall remain in effect. 

12 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

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

15 2 shall become effective on the date of the recording of 

16 the modification in the Office of the Register of Deeds 

17 of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 

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

19 Deeds of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan is 

20 requested to endorse on the recorded copy of United 

21 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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Union Calendar No. 300 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 404 

[Report No. 112–433] 

A BILL 

To modify a land grant patent issued by the 

Secretary of the Interior. 

APRIL 16, 2012 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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