United StatesLaw lets Miami Tribe pursue treaty-based Illinois land claim in federal court
The law gives the Miami Tribe a path to federal court for its 1805 treaty claim, while extinguishing its other claims to Illinois land.
What it does
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims can hear the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma’s Illinois land claim under its 1805 treaty, without time-limit or delay defenses.
Other claims to Illinois land by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and people connected to the Tribe are extinguished, except for a claim filed under the law’s special court provision.
Argument forThe Tribe may get a chance to have its treaty-based Illinois land claim heard without time-limit or delay defenses.
Argument againstThe Tribe and people connected to it could lose the chance to pursue other Illinois land claims because the law extinguishes them.
More detail
The law gives the U.S. Court of Federal Claims power to hear and decide the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma’s land claim under the 1805 Treaty of Grouseland. The claim must be the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma’s claim under its 1805 Treaty of Grouseland concerning land in Illinois. The court may hear the claim without applying a statute of limitations or a defense based on delay. The court’s authority expires no later than one year after enactment unless the Tribe files its claim before then.
The law extinguishes other claims to land in Illinois by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and people connected to the Tribe. This covers claims by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and its members, descendants, and predecessors in interest. This does not extinguish a claim the Tribe files under the law’s special court provision.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 25Signed by President.Became Law
- Sep 25Became Public Law No: 119-114.Minor
- Sep 22Presented to President.To President
- Sep 14Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 14Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5574-5575)
- Sep 14DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 550.
- Sep 14Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5574)Passed House
- Sep 14Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025
- Dec 16Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 16Received in the House.
- Dec 16Held at the desk.
- Dec 15Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8747; text: CR S8747)Passed Senate
- Oct 14Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-76.
- Oct 14Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 185.
- Mar 5Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 12Introduced in Senate
- Feb 12Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Introduced