[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 126, 112th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 112-137
112th Congress

An Act


 
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, <>
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
(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;
(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;
(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;
(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
(5) corrected United States Patent Number 61-2000-0007
should be modified in accordance with this Act--
(A) to effectuate--
(i) the Human Use/Natural Resource Plan for
Whitefish Point, dated December 2002; and
(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
(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.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF LAND GRANT PATENT ISSUED BY SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR.

(a) In General.--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

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1992 or for a gift shop'' and inserting ``Human Use/Natural Resource
Plan for Whitefish Point, dated December 2002''.
(b) Effect.--Each other term of the conveyance relating to the
property that is the subject of United States Patent Number 61-2000-
0007, including each obligation to maintain the property in accordance
with the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and
any other appropriate law (including regulations), and the obligation to
use the property in a manner that does not impair or interfere with the
conservation values of the property, shall remain in effect.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) In General.--The modification of United States Patent Number 61-
2000-0007 in accordance with section 2 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.

Approved June 27, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 404:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112-433 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 112-56 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 157 (2011):
Oct. 18, considered and passed
Senate.
Vol. 158 (2012):
June 18, considered and passed
House.