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Became law
Gives the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma a one-year window to bring a land claim in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over its 1805 Treaty of Grouseland, and extinguishes all of the tribe's other claims to land in Illinois.
Official title: A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
16-DEC-2025
Passed
14-SEP-2026
Senate
Introduced
12-FEB-2025
Referred
12-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2025
Reported
14-OCT-2025
On the calendar
14-OCT-2025
Passed
15-DEC-2025
President
Presented
22-SEP-2026
Signed
25-SEP-2026
Became law
25-SEP-2026
- Gives the U.S. Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction to hear a Miami Tribe of Oklahoma land claim under the 1805 Treaty of Grouseland, without regard to the statute of limitations or delay-based defenses
- Ends that jurisdiction one year after enactment unless the Miami Tribe files a claim under it
- Extinguishes all other claims by the Miami Tribe, its members, descendants, or predecessors to land in the State of Illinois
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (12-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 15-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)
Native Americans
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