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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-597
TO PROVIDE FOR THE EQUITABLE SETTLEMENT OF CER-
TAIN INDIAN LAND DISPUTES REGARDING LAND IN IL-
LINOIS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
DECEMBER 7, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6063]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6063) to provide for the equitable settlement of certain
Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.
(a) JURISDICTION CONFERRED ON THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL
CLAIMS.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, jurisdiction is hereby con-
ferred upon the United States Court of Federal Claims, which may hear, determine,
and render judgment on the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma's land claim under the Trea-
ty of August 1, 1805 (7 Stat. 91), without regard to the statute of limitations identi-
fied in section 2501 of title 28, United States Code, and any delay-based defense,
including laches, estoppel, or acquiescence, no matter how characterized. The United
States shall be the only entity or individual liable regarding such a claim. The juris-
diction hereby conferred on the United States Court of Federal Claims shall expire
unless a claim is filed by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma within 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(b) EXTINGUISHMENT OF TITLE AND CLAIMS.-Except for the claim of the Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma against the United States as a defendant in an action before the
United States Court of Federal Claims as provided in subsection (a), all other claims
of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, or any member, descendant, or predecessor in in-
terest to the Miami Tribe to title are extinguished, including claims arising under
the Treaty of Grouseland, the Northwest Ordinance, the 5th amendment to the Con-
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