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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 818 

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

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 19, 2015 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. MERKLEY) 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. ADDITIONAL LAND FOR 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.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Applications to 

21 take land into trust within the boundaries 

22 of the original 1857 reservation shall be 

23 treated by the Secretary as an on-reserva24 tion trust acquisition. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) GAMING.—Any real property 

2 taken into trust under this paragraph shall 

3 not be eligible, or used, for any Class II or 

4 Class III gaming activity carried out under 

5 the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 

6 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), except for real prop7 erty within 2 miles of the gaming facility 

8 in existence on the date of enactment of 

9 this paragraph that is located on State 

10 Highway 18 in the Grand Ronde commu11 nity of Oregon. 

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

13 taken into trust within those boundaries at any 

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

15 the reservation of the Tribe.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (c)— 

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

18 striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approximately 

19 10,311.60’’ and inserting ‘‘in subsection (a)(1) 

20 are approximately 11,349.92’’; and 

21 (B) in the table— 

22 (i) by striking the following: 

‘‘6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55’’, 

23 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’’; 


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1 (ii) in the acres column of the last 

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

3 Law 103–445 (108 Stat. 4566), by strik4 ing ‘‘240’’ and inserting ‘‘241.06’’; and 

5 (iii) by striking all text after 

‘‘6 7 18 E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 43.42’’, 

6 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 37.39

6 7 5 SE 1⁄4 SW 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

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 54.64

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


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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

6 7 6 W 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 6; and 

6 8 1 E 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 1 35.82

6 7 5 E 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 19.88

6 8 12 NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 0.29

6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 2.5

6 7 8 NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 7.16

6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 5.5

6 8 1 SE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 1.34

Total 11,349.92’’. 

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