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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–168 

AMENDING THE GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT TO 

MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, AND FOR OTHER 

PURPOSES 

JULY 22, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural 

Resources, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 841] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 

bill (H.R. 841) to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make 

technical corrections, and for other purposes, having considered the 

same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 841 is to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon were among several tribes in Western Oregon that entered 

into treaties with the United States in the 1850s. In 1857, President James Buchanan issued an Executive Order to establish the 

Grand Ronde Reservation for a number of Oregon tribes. The reservation was more than 60,000 acres, and today the Grand Ronde 

is treated by the federal government as a single tribe for federal 

purposes such as the delivery of services and benefits. 

In 1954, federal supervision over Grand Ronde was terminated 

by an Act of Congress. This occurred in the context of the ‘‘termination era’’ when Congress determined that its policy of recognizing tribes, holding their lands in a federal trust, and supervising 


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their affairs made Indians wards of the government and thereby 

restricted their freedom to use their lands. 

After a number of tribes in various parts of the United States 

were terminated by Congress, Indian people objected to the policy, 

arguing that they were not fully consulted or informed as to its 

consequences. Over the years, Congress has restored a number of 

the terminated tribes to recognized tribal status. In 1983, Congress 

enacted the Grand Ronde Restoration Act (Public Law 96–165) to 

extend recognition to the Grand Ronde Indians and establish a 

process for the tribal government to organize itself. The Act further 

required the Department of the Interior and the tribe to develop a 

plan for creating a reservation, but required any reservation to be 

established through an Act of Congress. 

In 1988, Congress enacted the Grand Ronde Reservation Act. 

This Act and subsequent Acts created a reservation for the tribe 

mostly within the boundaries of the former 1857 Grand Ronde Reservation in Polk and Yamhill counties. Today, the tribe has a total 

of 10,311 acres of trust land. According to the tribe, all but 259 

acres of these lands are forested, and the tribe is actively engaged 

in timber management. The non-forested trust parcels host tribal 

buildings and housing, a casino, and other infrastructure. To increase its trust land base within the boundaries of its former (terminated) reservation, Grand Ronde has been acquiring new lands 

which it then applies to put in trust through Interior’s regulatory 

process. 

H.R. 841 eases the process for the Grand Ronde Tribe to apply 

for trust land within the original boundaries of its former 1857 reservation, which encompassed a 60,000-plus-acre area in Polk and 

Yamhill Counties, Oregon. The bill also deems property placed in 

trust for the tribe after 1988 to be part of the tribe’s reservation. 

Finally, the bill places specific tracts of land totaling 288 acres in 

trust for the tribe in its former reservation. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 841 was introduced on February 26, 2013, by Congressman 

Kurt Schrader (D–OR). The bill was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee 

on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. On May 16, 2013, the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing on 

the bill. On June 12, 2013, the Full Natural Resources Committee 

met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska 

Native Affairs was discharged by unanimous consent. No amendments were offered and the bill was then adopted and ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous 

consent. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of Rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

Natural Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the body of this report. 


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COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII 

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

H.R. 841—A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to 

make technical corrections, and for other purposes 

H.R. 841 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take 

into trust 288 acres of property located within the boundaries of 

the original reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand 

Ronde Community of Oregon. The bill also would modify the process that the Secretary uses to evaluate land to take into trust for 

the tribe. In addition, all property taken into trust by the Secretary 

within the boundaries of the tribe’s original reservation after September 9, 1988, would be considered part of that reservation. 

Based on information provided by the Department of the Interior, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 841 would have no 

significant impact on the federal budget. CBO estimates that the 

legislation would not significantly affect the cost of processing applications to take land into trust or the cost of administering the 

tribes’ trust lands. Enacting H.R. 841 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. 

H.R. 841 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Martin von Gnechten. 

The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

2. Section 308(a) of Congressional Budget Act. As required by 

clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

this bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 

tax expenditures. Based on information provided by the Department of the Interior, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 841 

would have no significant impact on the federal budget. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 

clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective 

of this bill is to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make 

technical corrections. 

EARMARK STATEMENT

This bill does not contain any Congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined under clause 9(e), 


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9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4 

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

COMPLIANCE WITH H. RES. 5 

Directed Rule Making. The Chairman does not believe that this 

bill directs any executive branch official to conduct any specific 

rule-making proceedings. 

Duplication of Existing Programs. This bill does not establish or 

reauthorize a program of the federal government known to be duplicative of another program. Such program was not included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139 or identified in the 

most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance published pursuant to the Federal Program Information Act (Public Law 95–220, 

as amended by Public Law 98–169) as relating to other programs. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

SECTION 1 OF PUBLIC LAW 100–425 

An Act To establish a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon, and for other purposes. 

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVATION. 

(a) LANDS HELD IN TRUST; RESERVATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, including 

(but not limited to) all valid liens, rights-of-way, reciprocal 

road rights-of-way agreements, licenses, leases, permits, and 

easements existing on the date of enactment of this Act, all 

right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land 

described in subsection (c) is hereby held in trust for the use 

and benefit of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community of Oregon. Such land shall constitute the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and shall be subject to the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 

to conserve and develop Indian lands and resources; to extend 

to Indians the right to form business and other organizations; 

to establish a credit system for Indians; to grant certain rights 

of home rule to Indians; to provide for vocational education for 

Indians; and for other purposes’’, approved June 18, 1934 (25 

U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 

(2) ADDITIONAL TRUST ACQUISITIONS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may accept title to any 

additional number of acres of real property located within 


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the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon 

established by Executive Order dated June 30, 1857, comprised of land within the political boundaries of Polk and 

Yamhill Counties, Oregon, if that real property is conveyed 

or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe. 

(B) TREATMENT OF TRUST LAND.—All applications to take 

land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 

reservation shall be treated by the Secretary as an onreservation trust acquisition. 

(C) RESERVATION.—All real property taken into trust 

within those boundaries at any time after September 9, 

1988, shall be part of the reservation of the Tribe. 

(b) TREATMENT OF RECEIPTS FROM RESERVATION LANDS.—Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, all receipts from the 

lands described in subsection (c) shall accrue to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. This subsection 

shall not apply to receipts from timber on such lands which was 

removed before the date of enactment of this Act. 

(c) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to øin subsection (a) 

are approximately 10,311.60¿ in subsection (a)(1) are approximately 

11,274.19 acres of land located in Oregon and more particularly described as: 

Willamette Meridian, Oregon 

Township Range 

South West Section Subdivision Acres 

4 8 36 SE1⁄4SE1⁄4 40.00 

4 7 31 Lots 1, 2, NE1⁄4,E1⁄2NW1⁄4 320.89 

5 7 6 All 634.02 

5 7 7 All 638.99 

5 7 18 Lots 1&2, NE1⁄4,E1⁄2NW1⁄4 320.07 

5 8 1 SE1⁄4 160.00 

5 8 3 All 635.60 

5 8 7 All 661.75 

5 8 8 All 640.00 

5 8 9 All 640.00 

5 8 10 All 640.00 

5 8 11 All 640.00 

5 8 12 All 640.00 

5 8 13 All 640.00 

5 8 14 All 640.00 

5 8 15 All 640.00 

5 8 16 All 640.00 

5 8 17 All 640.00 

6 8 1 SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 53.78 

6 8 1 S1⁄2E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 10.03 

ø6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55¿ 

6 7 7, 8, 17, 

18 

Former tax lot 800, located 

within the SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of 

Section 7; SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of 

Section 8; NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of 

Section 17; and NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 of Section 18 

5.55 

4 7 30 Lots 3, 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,E1⁄2SW1⁄4

ø240¿ 241.06 

6 8 1 N1⁄2SW1⁄4 29.59 


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South West Section Subdivision Acres 

6 8 12 W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4

21.70 

6 8 13 W1⁄2E1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4 5.31 

6 7 7 E1⁄2E1⁄2 57.60 

6 7 8 SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4 22.46 

6 7 17 NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 10.84 

6 7 18 E1⁄2NE1⁄4 43.42 

øTotal 10,311.60¿ 

6 8 1 W 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 20.6 

6 8 1 N 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 19.99 

6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 9.99 

6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 10.46 

6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 12.99 

6 7 6 SW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 37.99 

6 7 5 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 24.87 

6 7 5, 8 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 5; and 

NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 

8 

109.9 

6 8 1 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 31.32 

6 8 1 NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 8.89 

6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 78.4 

6 7 8, 17 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 8; 

and NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4

NW 1⁄4 of Section 17 

14.33 

6 7 17 NW1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 6.68 

6 8 12 SW 1⁄4 NE1⁄4 8.19 

6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 2.0 

6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 5.05 

6 8 12 SE 1⁄4, SW 1⁄4 50.8 

6 7 17, 18 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 of Section 17; 

and SE 1⁄4, NE 1⁄4 of Section 

18 

136.83 

6 8 1 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 20.08 

6 7 5 NE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4, E 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄497.38 

4 7 31 SE 1⁄4 159.60 

6 7 17 NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 3.14 

6 8 12 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 1.10 

6 7 8 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 0.92 

6 8 12 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.99 

6 7 7 NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 7; 

and 

6 8 12 S 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4, E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 of Section 12 86.48 

6 8 12 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.56 

Total 11,274.19 

(d) CLAIMS EXTINGUISHED; LIABILITY.— 

(1) CLAIMS EXTINGUISHED.—All claims to lands within the 

State of Oregon based upon recognized title to the Grand 

Ronde Indian Reservation established by the Executive order 

of June 30, 1857, pursuant to treaties with the Kalapuya, 

Molalla, and other tribes, or any part thereof by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, or 

any predecessor or successor in interest, are hereby extinguished, and any transfers pursuant to the Act of April 28, 

1904 (Chap. 1820; 33 Stat. 567) or other statute of the United 

States, by, from, or on behalf of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, or any predecessor or successor interest, shall be deemed to have been made in accordance with the Constitution and all laws of the United States 


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that are specifically applicable to transfers of lands or natural 

resources from, by, or on behalf of any Indian, Indian nation, 

or tribe of Indians (including, but not limited to, the Act of 

July 22, 1790, commonly known as the ‘‘Trade and Intercourse 

Act of 1790’’ (1 Stat. 137, chapter 33, section 4)). 

(2) LIABILITY.—The Tribe shall assume responsibility for lost 

revenues, if any, to any county because of the transfer of revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands in section 

30, Township 4 South, Range 7 West. 

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