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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Charlotte Beach Land Claims
Settlement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Bay Mills Indian Community has a valid interest in
certain lands in the Charlotte Beach area of Chippewa County,
Michigan, that are located within the Community's traditional
homelands;
(2) The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe may have a valid interest in
certain lands in the Charlotte Beach area of Chippewa County,
Michigan, that are located within the Tribe's traditional
homelands;
(3) the Community filed a lawsuit against certain
landowners to ascertain ownership of lands that were once owned
and held in trust by the State of Michigan for the Community
but which were sold by the State without the consent of the
Tribes or the United States;
(4) the landowners now hold clouded title to such lands and
want to clear their title to the lands;
(5) the Community has agreed to relinquish its interests in
the Charlotte Beach Lands in return for its selection of
Alternative Lands that will be taken into trust by the
Secretary;
(6) the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe has agreed not to assert its
potential claim of interest in the Charlotte Beach Lands in
return for its selection of Alternative Lands that will be
taken into trust by the Secretary;
(7) it is in the best interests of the Tribes and legally
necessary for the landowners that the Congress provide for a
land settlement agreement by passage of this Act; and
(8) it is in the best interests of the Tribes that the
described Alternative Lands be taken into trust as part of the
settlement of the land claim.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to settle the land claims of the Tribes against the
landowners; and
(2) to direct the Secretary to take into trust for the
benefit of the Tribes the Alternative Lands in settlement of
the Tribes' land claims.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Alternative lands.--The term ''Alternative Lands''
means the following:
(A) The lands chosen and acquired by the Community
for transfer to the United States to be held in trust
for the Community as part of the settlement of the
claims of the Community to the Charlotte Beach Lands.
These Alternative Lands, comprising 21.55 acres, more
or less, are located in Vanderbilt, Michigan, and are
more particularly described in the Community's March
1999 Trust and Reservation Acquisition Request
submitted to the Minneapolis Office of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
(B) The lands chosen and acquired by the Sault
Tribe for transfer to the United States in trust for
the Sault Tribe as a part of the settlement of the
potential claims of the Sault Tribe to the Charlotte
Beach Lands.
(2) Charlotte beach lands.--The term ''Charlotte Beach
Lands'' means those lands in the Charlotte Beach area of
Michigan and described as follows: Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and
4 of section 7, T45N, R2E, and Lot 1 of section 18, T45N, R2E,
Chippewa County, State of Michigan.
(3) Community.--The term ''Community'' means the Bay Mills
Indian Community, a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(4) Sault tribe.--The term ''Sault Tribe'' means the Sault
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized
Indian tribe.
(5) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(6) Tribes.--The term ''Tribes'' means the Community and
the Sault Tribe.

SEC. 4. ACCEPTANCE OF ALTERNATIVE LANDS.

(a) By the Community.--Upon relinquishment by the Community of any
and all claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands and dismissal with
prejudice of Bay Mills Indian Community v. Western Life Assurance
Company et al., Case No. 2:96-CV-275, United States District Court for
the Western District of Michigan-Northern Division and Bay Mills Indian
Community v. State of Michigan et al., Michigan Court of Claims, File
No. 96-16482-CM--
(1) the Secretary shall take the Alternative Lands
described in section 3(1)(A) into trust for the benefit of the
Community as part of the settlement of the Community's claims
to the Charlotte Beach Lands; and
(2) the Alternative Lands described in section 3(1)(A)
shall become part of the Community's reservation.
(b) By the Sault Tribe.--The Secretary shall take the Alternative
Lands described in section 3(1)(B) into trust for the benefit of the
Sault Tribe as settlement of the Sault Tribe's claims to the Charlotte
Beach Lands. Upon the taking of the Alternative Lands into trust, any
and all potential claims of the Sault Tribe in and to the Charlotte
Beach Lands shall be relinquished and extinguished thereby, and the
lands taken into trust shall become part of the Sault Tribe's
reservation.
(c) Settlement of Land Claims.--The Alternative Lands are taken
into trust as provided in this section as part of the settlement of
land claims of the Tribes within the meaning of section 20(b)(1)(B)(i)
of Public Law 100-497.

SEC. 5. EXTINGUISHMENT OF TITLE AND CLAIMS.

(a) Approval and Ratification of Prior Transfers.--Any transfer,
before the date of the enactment of this Act, of land or natural
resources located within the boundaries of the Charlotte Beach Lands
from, by, or on behalf of any Indian, Indian nation, or tribe or band
of Indians (including the 2 bands of the Sault Ste. Marie Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians of Michigan of which O-shaw-wan-no and Sha-wan were
chiefs) or any member thereof, shall be deemed to have been made in
accordance with the Constitution and all laws of the United States,
including without limitation, the Trade and Intercourse Act of 1790,
Act of July 22, 1790 (ch. 33, sec. 4; 1 Stat. 137), and Congress hereby
does approve and ratify such transfers effective as of the date of such
transfers.
(b) Aboriginal Title Extinguished.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), any
aboriginal title held by any Indian, Indian nation, or tribe or
band of Indians (including the 2 bands of the Sault Ste. Marie
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan of which O-shaw-wan-no
and Sha-wan were chiefs and their members) to any land or
natural resources, the transfer of which was approved and
ratified by subsection (a), shall be regarded as extinguished
as of the date of such transfer.
(2) The tribes.--To the extent that the Charlotte Beach
Lands involve land or natural resources to which the Tribes had
aboriginal title, relinquishment by the Tribes under section 4
shall be regarded as an extinguishment of such aboriginal
title.
(c) Extinguishment of Claims.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), any
claim (including any claim for damages for trespass, use, or
occupancy) by, or on behalf of, any member of any Indian,
Indian nation, or tribe or band of Indians (including the 2
bands of the Sault Ste. Marie Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of
Michigan of which O-shaw-wan-no and Sha-wan were chiefs) or any
member thereof against the United States, any State or
subdivision thereof or any other person which is based on--
(A) any interest in or right involving any land or
natural resources of which was approved and ratified by
subsection (a), or
(B) any aboriginal title to land or natural
resources the extinguishment of which was effected by
subsection (b),
shall be regarded as extinguished as of the date of any such transfer.
(2) The tribes.--All claims of the Tribes against the
United States, the State of Michigan, or any other person or
entity based on claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands (including
without limitation, claims for trespass damages, use, or
occupancy) shall be deemed to have been extinguished as of the
date of relinquishment by the Tribes under section 4.
A:
Directs the Secretary to take certain other Michigan lands into trust for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan as settlement of that Tribe's claims to the Charlotte Beach Lands.
Extinguishes all claims of the Community and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe for Charlotte Beach Lands upon the transfer of the Alternative Lands.