To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5831.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 159, September 29, 2023, Page H4911):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill grants jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, gives the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma 1 year to bring their land claim forward, and extinguishes the title and claims to land in Illinois.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  277 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5831, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5831

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  309af1a7d5f9b300dae1c13487e562f1e5e9d999f871da3c1d664970b3923aef

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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