This bill gives the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma a clear path to bring one land claim in a specific federal court about land in Illinois. The claim must be based on the 1805 Treaty of Grouseland. The court must hear the case even if it would normally be too late to file, and delays cannot be used to block it .

If the tribe does not file within one year after the bill becomes law, this special permission ends. Besides that one claim, all other current and future claims by the tribe, its members, descendants, or predecessors to land in Illinois are ended .

Key points

• Who is affected: Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and its members; land in Illinois; the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
• What changes: The court must hear one treaty-based land claim even if it’s late; delay-based defenses can’t be used; all other claims are ended.
• When: The tribe has one year after the law takes effect to file the claim, or the special court permission expires .