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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3540 
To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) pursuant to section 5505 of division A of 
the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 
(Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–516), the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 
of Land Management, issued to the Great Lakes 
Shipwreck Historical Society located in Chippewa 
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County of the State of Michigan United States Pat-
ent Number 61–98–0040 on September 23, 1998; 
(2) United States Patent Number 61–98–0040 
was recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds 
of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan, on 
January 22, 1999, at Liber 757, on pages 115 
through 118; 
(3) in order to correct an error in United States 
Patent Number 61–98–0040, the Secretary issued a 
corrected patent, United States Patent Number 61– 
2000–0007, on March 10, 2000; 
(4) after issuance of the corrected United 
States Patent Number 61–2000–0007, the original 
United States Patent Number 61–98–0040 was can-
celled on the records of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement; and 
(5) corrected United States Patent Number 61– 
2000–0007 should be modified in accordance with 
this Act— 
(A) to effectuate— 
(i) the Human Use/Natural Resource 
Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 
2002; and 
(ii) the settlement agreement dated 
July 16, 2001, filed in Docket Number 
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2:00–CV–206 in the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Michi-
gan; and 
(B) to ensure a clear chain of title, re-
corded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of 
Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF LAND GRANT PATENT ISSUED BY 
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall modify the matter 
under the heading ‘‘SUBJECT ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING 
CONDITIONS’’ of paragraph 6 of United States Patent 
Number 61–2000–0007 by striking ‘‘Whitefish Point 
Comprehensive Plan of October 1992, or a gift shop’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for White-
fish Point, dated December 2002’’. 
SEC. 3. REVIEW OF MODIFICATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS TO HUMAN USE/NATURAL RE-
SOURCE PLAN FOR WHITEFISH POINT.—Each modifica-
tion to the Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for White-
fish Point, dated December 2002, described in the matter 
under the heading ‘‘SUBJECT ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING 
CONDITIONS’’ of paragraph 6 of United States Patent 
Number 61–2000–0007 shall be subject to the review 
process established under— 
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(1) section 106 of the National Historic Preser-
vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f); and 
(2) part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regu-
lations. 
(b) FEDERAL
OR FEDERALLY ASSISTED UNDER-
TAKINGS.—Each Federal or federally assisted undertaking 
(as described in section 106 of the National Historic Pres-
ervation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f)) proposed to be carried out 
within the boundaries of the Whitefish Point Light Station 
shall be subject to the review process established under— 
(1) section 106 of the National Historic Preser-
vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f); and 
(2) part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regu-
lations. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The modification of United States 
Patent Number 61–2000–0007 in accordance with section 
2 shall become effective on the date of the recording of 
the modification in the Office of the Register of Deeds 
of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan. 
(b) ENDORSEMENT.—The Office of the Register of 
Deeds of Chippewa County of the State of Michigan is 
requested to endorse on the recorded copy of United 
States Patent Number 61–2000–0007 the fact that the 
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Patent Number has been modified in accordance with this 
Act. 
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