This bill became law on 2026-09-25 as Public Law No. 119-114.
The summary below describes the bill at the version we last reviewed; the enacted text may differ.
YourVoice.Now Summary
Civil LibertiesNow law: the Miami Tribe may bring one 1805 treaty claim within a year — every other claim to Illinois land is ended.
Civil Liberties
The Court of Federal Claims can now hear this one treaty claim. The usual time limits on suing the government, and defenses based on delay, do not apply. The tribe must file within one year of September 25, 2026, or the court's power ends.
Since this became law on September 25, 2026, no one from the tribe can bring any other claim to land in Illinois. The bar covers members, descendants, and earlier holders of the tribe's interests. It has no end date.
More about this bill
Most people will see no change. This became law when the President signed it on September 25, 2026. For the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, it is a trade. The tribe may now bring one land claim in a federal court, the Court of Federal Claims. The claim rests on an 1805 treaty signed at Grouseland. The court can hear it even though the usual time limits have passed. The government cannot use delay as a defense. The tribe has one year from the signing to file. If it files nothing by then, the court loses the power to hear the claim. All other claims to Illinois land by the tribe are now ended. That includes future claims. The bar also covers members, descendants, and earlier holders of the tribe's rights. Illinois landowners now know no other Miami Tribe claim can be brought.
Congressional Summary
This bill confers jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma's land claim arising under the Treaty of Grouseland. The court must render judgement without regard to the statute of limitations or any delay-based defense. This jurisdiction expires unless such a claim is filed within one year. All other claims, including any future claims, of the tribe to land in Illinois are extinguished.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Public Law
- Action Date
- 2026-09-25
- Date Added
- 2026-09-09
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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