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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 356 

To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2011 

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 make 

technical corrections, 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. ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVATION. 

4 Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a 

5 reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand 

6 Ronde Community of Oregon, and for other purposes,’’ 

7 approved September 9, 1988 (Public Law 100–425; 102 

8 Stat. 1594; 102 Stat. 2939; 104 Stat. 207; 106 Stat. 

9 3255; 108 Stat. 708; 108 Stat. 4566; 112 Stat. 1896), 

10 is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to valid’’ and in3 serting the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid’’; and 

5 (B) by adding after paragraph (1) (as des6 ignated by subparagraph (A)) the following: 

7 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL TRUST ACQUISITIONS.—The 

8 Secretary may accept title to any additional number 

9 of acres of real property located within the bound10 aries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confed11 erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of 

12 Oregon established by Executive Order dated June 

13 30, 1857, comprised of land within the political 

14 boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon, if 

15 such real property is conveyed or otherwise trans16 ferred to the United States by or on behalf of the 

17 Tribe. All applications to take land into trust within 

18 the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation shall 

19 be treated by the Secretary as an on-reservation 

20 trust acquisition. All real property taken into trust 

21 within those boundaries at any time after September 

22 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe’s reservation.’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding the table, by 

2 striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approximately 

3 10,311.60’’ and inserting ‘‘in subsection (a)(1) 

4 are approximately 10,599.66’’; and 

5 (B) in the table— 

6 (i) by striking the following: 

‘‘6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55’’ 

7 and inserting the following: 

‘‘6 7 7, 8, 17 Former tax lot 800, located within the SE 1⁄4, SE 1⁄4 of Section 7; the SW 1⁄4 of Section 8; and the NW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 of 

Section 17 

5.55’’; 

8 (ii) in the acres column of the last 

9 item added by section 2(a)(1) of Public 

10 Law 103–445 (108 Stat. 4566), by strik11 ing ‘‘240’’ and inserting ‘‘241.06’’; and 

12 (iii) by striking all text after 

‘‘6 7 18 E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 43.42’’ 

13 and inserting the following: 

‘‘6 8 1 W 1⁄2, SE 1⁄4, SE 1⁄4 and S 1⁄2, NE 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 and NW 1⁄4, SW 1⁄4 10.46

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

6 7 6 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 37.99

6 7 5 NE 1⁄4, NW 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

Total 10,599.66’’. 


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