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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3123 

To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, 

and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2021 

Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, 

fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the 

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SILETZ RESERVATION ACT AMENDMENT. 

4 Section 4 of Public Law 96–340 (commonly known 

5 as the ‘‘Siletz Reservation Act’’) (96 Stat. 1074) is 

6 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 4. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND ANIMAL GATH2 ERING. 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) CONSENT DECREE.—The term ‘Consent 

5 Decree’ means the final judgment and decree of the 

6 United States District Court for the District of Or7 egon, in the action entitled ‘Confederated Tribes of 

8 Siletz Indians of Oregon against State of Oregon’, 

9 entered on May 2, 1980. 

10 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

11 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

12 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

13 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

14 ‘‘(3) SILETZ AGREEMENT.—The term ‘Siletz 

15 Agreement’ means the agreement entitled ‘Agree16 ment Among the State of Oregon, the United States 

17 of America and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

18 Indians of Oregon to Permanently Define Tribal 

19 Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, and Gathering Rights 

20 of the Siletz Tribe and its Members’ and entered 

21 into by the United States on April 22, 1980. 

22 ‘‘(b) HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND ANIMAL

23 GATHERING AGREEMENTS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Siletz Agreement shall 

25 remain in effect until and unless replaced, amended, 

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1 ernment-to-government agreements between the 

2 Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the State 

3 of Oregon relating to the hunting, fishing, trapping, 

4 and animal gathering rights of the Confederated 

5 Tribes of Siletz Indians. 

6 ‘‘(2) AMENDMENTS.—The Siletz Agreement or 

7 any successor agreement entered into under para8 graph (1) may be amended from time to time by 

9 mutual consent of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz 

10 Indians and the State of Oregon. 

11 ‘‘(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—In any action brought in 

12 the United States District Court for the District of Or13 egon to rescind, overturn, modify, or provide relief under 

14 Federal law from the Consent Decree, the United States 

15 District Court for the District of Oregon shall review the 

16 application of the parties on the merits without regard to 

17 the defense of res judicata or collateral estoppel. 

18 ‘‘(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section enlarges, con19 firms, adjudicates, affects, or modifies any treaty or other 

20 right of an Indian Tribe.’’. 

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