Seven attempts by tribe's backers to win congressional approval for off-reservation casino using IGRA loophole

A May 3rd introduction of HR 2176 by Rep. Bart Stupak, marks the seventh attempt to exploit an IGRA loophole by backers of a third casino (off-reservation), for the Bay Mills Indian Community. The first of the seven bills disguised as "land claims settlements" was introduced in 1999. Two of the seven bills have had formal hearings before congressional committees, none since 2004.

These "claims" to 110 acres in the Charlotte Beach subdivision of Barbeau, Michigan, were denied by both federal and state courts previously; but nevertheless acknowledged by former Michigan Governor John Engler in an 11th hour Settlement Agreement between the Bay Mills Tribe and the State of Michigan just months before Engler's final term of office was set to expire in 2002.

106th Congress

HR 3412 (Stupak introduced 11/16/99)

107th Congress

HR 1634 (Stupak)

HR 2495 (Stupak)

HR 5459 (Bonior)

S 2986 (Stabenow)

Transcripts - Senate Committee on Indian Affairs; Hearing on S 2986 - October 10, 2002

108th Congress

HR 831 (C. Miller)

Transcripts - House Committee on Resources; Hearing on HR 831 - June 24, 2004

110th Congress

HR 2176 (Stupak - introduced 5/03/07)

See also: Six bills in Congress, over six years & political gifts in the six figures: That's what Ilitch Family has invested in Port Huron Casino deal

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