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S. 642 119th Congress Senate

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior b… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 19, 2025 Introduced by: Gary C. Peters Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
Native Americans Federal-Indian relationsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersMichigan
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 15, 2025
Held at the desk.
Dec 15, 2025
Received in the House.
Dec 15, 2025
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 11, 2025
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8688-8689; text: CR S8688-8689)
Dec 11, 2025
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 29, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175.
Sep 29, 2025
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-70.
Mar 5, 2025
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 19, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer funds to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) in Baraga County, Michigan, in order to settle the KBIC's land claims and clear title to those lands.

The KBIC may use these funds for any lawful purpose except to acquire land for gaming.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 411 Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • CLAUSE LAW P.L.L.C.
    for KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY · Michigan · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • CLAUSE LAW P.L.L.C.
    for KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY · Michigan · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • CLAUSE LAW P.L.L.C.
    for KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY · Michigan · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • CLAUSE LAW P.L.L.C.
    for KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY · Michigan · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • CLAUSE LAW P.L.L.C.
    for KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY · Michigan · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • CLAUSE LAW P.L.L.C.
    for KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY · Michigan · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Feb 19, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 642: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-642/
MLA
"S. 642: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-642/.
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S. 642, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-642/.
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