US SB642

$33,900,000 payment authorized to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for land taken without just compensation within the L'Anse Indian Reservation in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Settles claims for approximately 2,743 acres of "Swamp Lands" patented to Michigan between 1893-1937 and 1,333 to 2,720 acres of "Canal Lands" conveyed under 1850s federal laws

Upon payment, all Community claims to the disputed lands are extinguished, and current landowners receive clear title free of any tribal rights

Funds may be used for governmental services, economic development, natural resources protection, and land acquisition, but explicitly prohibited from use for gaming purposes

The 1854 Treaty of La Pointe established the L'Anse Reservation as permanent, but the federal General Land Office subsequently conveyed reservation lands to Michigan without tribal consent or compensation