Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023
Latest action · Feb 21, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer funds to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) in order to settle the KBIC's land claims to the Reservation Swamp Lands and the Reservation Canal Lands and clear title to those lands.
The KBIC may use these funds for any lawful purpose except to acquire land for gaming.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2023 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Feb 21, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 21, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
- Jan 31, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 20, January 31, 2023, page H577.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-105 | S. 195, S. 382 AND S. 132230 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | May 3, 2023 |
| S. Hrg. 118-10 | NATIVE COMMUNITIES' PRIORITIES FOR THE 118TH CONGRESS86 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Mar 8, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 195 | Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Dec 19, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
