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<meta><dc:title>119 S 550 ENR: To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<congress style="-uslm-lc:I665502" value="119">One Hundred Nineteenth Congress of the United States of America</congress><session style="-uslm-lc:I665503" value="2">A T T  H  E S  E  C  O  N  D S  E  S  S  I  O  N</session>
<enrolledDateline style="-uslm-lc:I665504">Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty six</enrolledDateline>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize18" style="-uslm-lc:I665505">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="centered fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I665511">To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.<?GPOvSpace 08?></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula>
<section id="d77e62" identifier="/us/bill/119/s/550/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I650146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.</heading><subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yd3d4aa1e-b191-11f1-9a59-536044908edc" identifier="/us/bill/119/s/550/s1/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Jurisdiction Conferred on the United States Court of Federal Claims</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yd3d4f83f-b191-11f1-9a59-536044908edc" identifier="/us/bill/119/s/550/s1/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Court of Federal Claims shall have jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render judgment on a land claim of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma under its Treaty with the United States of America signed at Grouseland August 21, 1805 (<ref href="/us/stat/7/91">7 Stat. 91</ref>) (commonly known as the “Treaty of Grouseland”), without regard to the statute of limitations, including <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s2501">section 2501 of title 28, United States Code</ref>, and any delay-based defense, no matter how characterized.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yd3d4f840-b191-11f1-9a59-536044908edc" identifier="/us/bill/119/s/550/s1/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Jurisdiction expiration</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the jurisdiction conferred to the United States Court of Federal Claims under paragraph (1) shall expire unless the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma files a land claim under that paragraph.</content></paragraph>
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<subsection class="firstIndent0 fontsize10" id="yd3d4f841-b191-11f1-9a59-536044908edc" identifier="/us/bill/119/s/550/s1/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num class="fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading class="fontsize10"><inline class="smallCaps">Extinguishment of Title and Claims</inline>.—</heading><content>Except for a claim filed under subsection (a)(1), all other claims, including any and all future claims, of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, or any member, descendant, or predecessor in interest to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, to land in the State of Illinois are extinguished.</content></subsection>
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<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Speaker of the House of Representatives.</role></signature>
<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Vice President of the United States and  President of the Senate.</role></signature>
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