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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3126 

To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, 

trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of 

the Grand Ronde Community, 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 Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address 

the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering 

rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 

Community, 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. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT AMEND4 MENT. 

5 Section 2 of Public Law 100–425 (commonly known 

6 as the ‘‘Grand Ronde Reservation Act’’) (102 Stat. 1595) 

7 is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2. 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 the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon against the 

9 State of Oregon’, entered on January 12, 1987. 

10 ‘‘(2) GRAND RONDE HUNTING AND FISHING

11 AGREEMENT.—The term ‘Grand Ronde Hunting and 

12 Fishing Agreement’ means the agreement entitled 

13 ‘Agreement Among the State of Oregon, the United 

14 States of America and the Confederated Tribes of 

15 the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon to Perma16 nently Define Tribal Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, 

17 and Animal Gathering Rights of the Tribe and its 

18 Members’ and entered into by the United States on 

19 December 2, 1986. 

20 ‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

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

22 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

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

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

25 GATHERING AGREEMENTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Grand Ronde Hunting 

2 and Fishing Agreement shall remain in effect until 

3 and unless replaced, amended, or otherwise modified 

4 by 1 or more successor government-to-government 

5 agreements between the Confederated Tribes of the 

6 Grand Ronde Community and the State of Oregon 

7 relating to the hunting, fishing, trapping, and ani8 mal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of 

9 the Grand Ronde Community. 

10 ‘‘(2) AMENDMENTS.—The Grand Ronde Hunt11 ing and Fishing Agreement or any successor agree12 ment entered into under paragraph (1) may be 

13 amended from time to time by mutual consent of the 

14 Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Commu15 nity and the State of Oregon. 

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

17 the United States District Court for the District of Or18 egon to rescind, overturn, modify, or provide relief under 

19 Federal law from the Consent Decree, the United States 

20 District Court for the District of Oregon shall review the 

21 application of the parties on the merits without regard to 

22 the defense of res judicata or collateral estoppel. 


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1 ‘‘(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section enlarges, con2 firms, adjudicates, affects, or modifies any treaty or other 

3 right of an Indian Tribe.’’. 

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