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This bill addresses a specific land dispute involving the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and provides a unique legal pathway for resolving a historical land claim related to the 1805 Treaty of Grouseland. The bill grants the United States Court of Federal Claims special, time-limited jurisdiction to hear the Miami Tribe's land claim regarding land in Illinois, removing standard legal barriers like statutes of limitations and delay-based defenses. Specifically, the Court will have one year from the bill's enactment to consider the claim, and if no claim is filed during that time, the jurisdiction expires. In exchange for this opportunity to bring a legal claim, the bill comprehensively extinguishes all current and future land claims by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, its members, descendants, or predecessors to lands in Illinois, effectively settling the dispute through a single, focused legal mechanism.

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