1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2023 . 2. Findings; purposes (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) pursuant to the Treaty of July 29, 1829, made and concluded at Prairie du Chien (7 Stat. 320) (commonly known as the Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien ), the Potawatomi and other affected Indian Tribes ceded certain land in northern Illinois, except for 2 parcels totaling 1,280 acres for Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay and his Band at their village near Paw Paw Grove, Illinois; (2) (A) pursuant to the Treaty of September 26, 1833, made at Chicago (7 Stat. 431) (commonly known as the Treaty of Chicago ), the Potawatomi and other Indians ceded approximately 5,000,000 acres of land, including the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation; but (B) the Senate rejected the provision that ceded that reservation, with the effect of affirming the Indian-held title and boundaries of the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation; (3) (A) in 1849, while Chief Shab-eh-nay was visiting his relatives in Kansas, the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States sold the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation at public auction to non-Indians who erroneously believed that they had acquired good title to the land on which the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation is located; and (B) the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation is illegally occupied as of the date of the enactment of this Act; (4) the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation continues to exist; (5) there is no evidence that Chief Shab-eh-nay and his band abandoned the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation which, even if true, could not be the basis for extinguishing the treaty-recognized Indian title to the Reservation; (6) the Shab-eh-nay Band held recognized title to the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation; (7) Congress has never acted by treaty or statute to extinguish the recognized Indian title to the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation