[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1651 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 595
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1651

                          [Report No. 111-309]

 To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 2009

Mr. Levin (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           September 27, 2010

               Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) corrected United States Patent Number 61-2000-
        0007 should be modified in accordance with this Act--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to effectuate--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the Human Use/Natural Resource 
                        Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 2002; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF LAND GRANT PATENT ISSUED BY SECRETARY 
              OF THE INTERIOR.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. 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 <DELETED>1992, or a</DELETED> 1992 or for 
a gift shop'' and inserting ``Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for 
Whitefish Point, dated December 2002''.

SEC. <DELETED>3</DELETED>2. REVIEW OF MODIFICATIONS AND UNDERTAKINGS.

    (a) Modifications to Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for Whitefish 
Point.--Each modification to the Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for 
Whitefish 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--
            (1) section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act 
        (16 U.S.C. 470f); and
            (2) part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (b) Federal or Federally Assisted Undertakings.--Each Federal or 
federally assisted undertaking (as described in section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation 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 Preservation Act 
        (16 U.S.C. 470f); and
            (2) part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. <DELETED>4</DELETED>3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The modification of United States Patent Number 
61-2000-0007 in accordance with section 1 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 
Patent Number has been modified in accordance with this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 595

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1651

                          [Report No. 111-309]

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                                 A BILL

 To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

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                           September 27, 2010

                        Reported with amendments