A bill to modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.
PL 112-137 (S.404), enacted 06/27/2012

126 STAT. 386 
PUBLIC LAW 112–137—JUNE 27, 2012 
Public Law 112–137 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 County 
of the State of Michigan United States Patent 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 cancelled on the records of the Bureau 
of Land Management; 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 2:00–CV–206 in the United 
States District Court for the Western District of 
Michigan; and 
(B) to ensure a clear chain of title, recorded 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 SEC-
RETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall modify 
the matter under the heading ‘‘Subject Also to the Following Condi-
tions’’ of paragraph 6 of United States Patent Number 61–2000– 
0007 by striking ‘‘Whitefish Point Comprehensive Plan of October 
Michigan. 
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126 STAT. 387 
PUBLIC LAW 112–137—JUNE 27, 2012 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 404: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112–433 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 112–56 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 157 (2011): Oct. 18, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 158 (2012): June 18, considered and passed House. 
1992 or for a gift shop’’ and inserting ‘‘Human Use/Natural Resource 
Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 2002’’. 
(b) EFFECT.—Each other term of the conveyance relating to 
the property that is the subject of United States Patent Number 
61–2000–0007, including each obligation to maintain the property 
in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470 et seq.) and any other appropriate law (including regulations), 
and the obligation to use the property in a manner that does 
not impair or interfere with the conservation values of the property, 
shall remain in effect. 
SEC. 3. 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 Chip-
pewa 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 Patent Number has been modified in accord-
ance with this Act. 
Approved June 27, 2012. 
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