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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 416 

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

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2013 

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.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

9 accept title to any additional number of acres of 

10 real property located within the boundaries of 

11 the original 1857 reservation of the Confed12 erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 

13 of Oregon established by Executive order dated 

14 June 30, 1857, comprised of land within the 

15 political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Coun16 ties, Oregon, if that real property is conveyed or 

17 otherwise transferred to the United States by or 

18 on behalf of the Tribe. 

19 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF TRUST LAND.—All 

20 applications to take land into trust within the 

21 boundaries of the original 1857 reservation 

22 shall be treated by the Secretary as an on-res23 ervation trust acquisition. 

24 ‘‘(C) RESERVATION.—All real property 

25 taken into trust within those boundaries at any 


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1 time after September 9, 1988, shall be part of 

2 the reservation of the Tribe.’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (c)— 

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

5 striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approximately 

6 10,311.60’’ and inserting ‘‘in subsection (a)(1) 

7 are approximately 11,274.19’’; and 

8 (B) in the table— 

9 (i) by striking the following: 

‘‘6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55’’; 

10 and inserting the following: 

‘‘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’’; 

11 (ii) in the acres column of the last 

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

13 Law 103–445 (108 Stat. 4566), by strik14 ing ‘‘240’’ and inserting ‘‘241.06’’; and 

15 (iii) by striking all text after 

‘‘6 7 18 E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 43.42’’; 

16 and inserting the following: 

‘‘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


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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 1⁄4 97.38

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’’. 

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