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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5394 

To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the United 

States to 2 Indian tribes in Oregon, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2006 

Ms. HOOLEY (for herself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real 

property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian 

tribes in Oregon, 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. FINDINGS. 

4 Regarding that parcel of real property in Marion 

5 County, Oregon, deeded by the United States of America 

6 to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon 

7 and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Commu8 nity of Oregon by Quitclaim Deed dated June 18, 2002, 


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1 and recorded in the public records of Marion County on 

2 June 19, 2002, the Congress finds as follows: 

3 (1) The parcel of land described in the Quit4 claim Deed dated June 18, 2002, comprising ap5 proximately 19.86 acres of land originally used as 

6 part of the Chemawa Indian School, was transferred 

7 by the United States in 1973 and 1974 to the State 

8 of Oregon for use for highway and associated road 

9 projects. I–5 and the Salem Parkway were com10 pleted and in 1988 the Oregon Department of 

11 Transportation deeded the remaining acreage back 

12 to the Federal Government. 

13 (2) The Federal Government found it could no 

14 longer use the returned acreage for the administra15 tion of Indian affairs, and determined it would be 

16 most appropriate to transfer the property to the 

17 Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and 

18 the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com19 munity of Oregon; 

20 (3) The United States transferred the property 

21 jointly to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 

22 of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand 

23 Ronde Community of Oregon, for economic develop24 ment or other purposes, pursuant to the authority of 

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1 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). The Siletz and 

2 Grand Ronde Tribes requested that the transfer 

3 take place. 

4 (4) Transfer of the real property was memorial5 ized by the United States in 2 separate documents, 

6 an agreement titled ‘‘Agreement for Transfer of 

7 Federally Owned Buildings, Improvements, Facilities 

8 and/or Land from the United States of America the 

9 [sic] Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com10 munity of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of 

11 Siletz Tribe [sic] of Oregon,’’ dated June 21, 2001, 

12 and a Quitclaim Deed, dated June 18, 2002 and re13 corded in the public records of Marion County, Or14 egon, on June 19, 2002, Reel 1959, Page 84. 

15 (5) Use of the real property by the two feder16 ally recognized Indian tribes for economic develop17 ment purposes is consistent with the intent and lan18 guage of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu19 cation Assistance Act and other Federal Indian stat20 utes to encourage tribal economic development and 

21 to promote economic self-sufficiency for Indian 

22 tribes. 

23 (6) The United States does not desire the re24 turn of the property to the Federal Government, and 

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1 tion under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu2 cation Assistance Act or other legal authority to 

3 seek the return of the property. In reliance upon this 

4 intent, the two Indian tribes have committed over 

5 $2,500,000 to infrastructure improvements to the 

6 property, including roads and sewer and water sys7 tems, and have approved plans to further develop 

8 this property for economic development, the realiza9 tion of which is dependent upon the Indian tribes’ 

10 ability to secure conventional financing. 

11 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF APPLICATION OF THE INDIAN SELF DE12 TERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE 

13 ACT TO PROPERTY TRANSFERRED BY THE 

14 UNITED STATES TO THE SILETZ AND GRAND 

15 RONDE TRIBES. 

16 (a) NONAPPLICATION OF LAW.—Notwithstanding 

17 any other provision of law, application of the Indian Self18 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

19 450 et seq.) shall not apply to the transfer of the real 

20 property identified in the Quitclaim Deed dated June 18, 

21 2002, from the United States of America to the Confed22 erated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and the Confed23 erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, 

24 and recorded in the public records of Marion County, Or25 egon, on June 19, 2002 at Reel 1959, Page 84. 


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1 (b) NEW DEED.—The Secretary of Interior shall 

2 issue a new deed with regard to the real property described 

3 in subsection (a) without any restriction on the right to 

4 alienate the property and in which all references to the 

5 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

6 and provisions of that Act shall be omitted. 

7 (c) NO GAMING.—Class II and Class III gaming 

8 under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 

9 et seq.) may not be conducted on the real property de10 scribed in this section. 

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