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Calendar No. 403 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 818 

[Report No. 114–230] 

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 

MARCH 16, 2016 

Reported by Mr. BARRASSO, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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,’’ 


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

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

3 3255; 108 Stat. 708; 108 Stat. 4566; 112 Stat. 1896), 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to valid’’ and in7 serting the following: 

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

9 (B) by adding after paragraph (1) (as des10 ignated by subparagraph (A)) the following: 

11 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL TRUST ACQUISITIONS.— 

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

13 accept title to any additional number of acres of 

14 real property located within the boundaries of 

15 the original 1857 reservation of the Confed16 erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 

17 of Oregon established by Executive order dated 

18 June 30, 1857, comprised of land within the 

19 political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Coun20 ties, Oregon, if that real property is conveyed or 

21 otherwise transferred to the United States by or 

22 on behalf of the Tribe. 

23 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF TRUST LAND.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Applications to 

25 take land into trust within the boundaries 


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1 of the original 1857 reservation shall be 

2 treated by the Secretary as an on-reserva3 tion trust acquisition. 

4 ‘‘(ii) GAMING.—Any real property 

5 taken into trust under this paragraph shall 

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

7 Class III gaming activity carried out under 

8 the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 

9 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), except for real prop10 erty within 2 miles of the gaming facility 

11 in existence on the date of enactment of 

12 this paragraph that is located on State 

13 Highway 18 in the Grand Ronde commu14 nity of Oregon. 

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

16 taken into trust within those boundaries at any 

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

18 the reservation of the Tribe.’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (c)— 

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

21 striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approximately 

22 10,311.60’’ and inserting ‘‘in subsection (a)(1) 

23 are approximately 11,349.92’’; and 

24 (B) in the table— 

25 (i) by striking the following: 

‘‘6 7 8 Tax lot 800 5.55’’, 


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1 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’’; 

2 (ii) in the acres column of the last 

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

4 Law 103–445 (108 Stat. 4566), by strik5 ing ‘‘240’’ and inserting ‘‘241.06’’; and 

6 (iii) by striking all text after 

‘‘6 7 18 E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 43.42’’, 

7 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


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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

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’’. 

1 SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL LAND FOR GRAND RONDE RES2 ERVATION. 

3 Section 1 of Public Law 100–425 (commonly known 

4 as the ‘‘Grand Ronde Reservation Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 713f 

5 note; 102 Stat. 1594; 104 Stat. 207; 108 Stat. 708; 108 

6 Stat. 4566; 112 Stat. 1896), is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in the first sentence— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘Subject to valid exist10 ing rights, including (but not limited to) 

11 all’’ and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 

13 rights, including all’’; and 


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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this 

2 Act as the ‘Tribes’)’’ before the period at the 

3 end; 

4 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

5 ‘‘Such land’’ and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—The land referred to in para7 graph (1)’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL TRUST ACQUISITIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac11 cept title in and to any additional real property 

12 located within the boundaries of the original 

13 1857 reservation of the Tribes (as established by 

14 the Executive order dated June 30, 1857, and 

15 comprised of land within the political bound16 aries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if 

17 that real property is conveyed or otherwise 

18 transferred to the United States by, or on behalf 

19 of, the Tribes. 

20 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF TRUST LAND.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An application to 

22 take land into trust within the boundaries 

23 of the original 1857 reservation of the 

24 Tribes shall be treated by the Secretary as 

25 an on-reservation trust acquisition. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) GAMING.— 

2 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro3 vided in subclause (II), real property 

4 taken into trust pursuant to this para5 graph shall not be eligible, or used, for 

6 any class II gaming or class III gam7 ing (as those terms are defined in sec8 tion 4 of the Indian Gaming Regu9 latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 

10 ‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—Subclause (I) 

11 shall not apply to any real property 

12 located within 2 miles of the gaming 

13 facility in existence on the date of en14 actment of this paragraph located on 

15 State Highway 18 in the Grand Ronde 

16 community, Oregon. 

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

18 taken into trust within the boundaries described 

19 in subparagraph (A) at any time after Sep20 tember 9, 1988, shall be considered to be a part 

21 of the reservation of the Tribes.’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (c)— 

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

24 striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approximately 


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

2 are the approximately 11,349.92’’; and 

3 (B) by striking the table and inserting the 

4 following: 

‘‘South West Section Subdivision Acres 

4 8 36 SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 40

4 7 31 Lots 1,2, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2 NW1⁄4 320.89

5 7 6 All 634.02

5 7 7 All 638.99

5 7 18 Lots 1 & 2, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2 NW1⁄4 320.07

5 8 1 SE1⁄4 160

5 8 3 All 635.60

5 8 7 All 661.75

5 8 8 All 640

5 8 9 All 640

5 8 10 All 640

5 8 11 All 640

5 8 12 All 640

5 8 13 All 640

5 8 14 All 640

5 8 15 All 640

5 8 16 All 640

5 8 17 All 640

6 8 1 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4, W1⁄2 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 53.78

6 8 1 S1⁄2 E1⁄2 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 10.03

6 7 7, 8, 17, 

18 

Former tax lot 800, located within the SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of sec. 7; 

SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of sec. 8; NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 of sec. 17; and NE1⁄4

NE1⁄4 of sec. 18 

5.55

4 7 30 Lots 3,4, SW1⁄4 NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4, E1⁄2 SW1⁄4 241.06

6 8 1 N1⁄2 SW1⁄4 29.59

6 8 12 W1⁄2 SW1⁄4 NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 NW1⁄4, N1⁄2 SE1⁄4

NW1⁄4, N1⁄2 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4

21.70

6 8 13 W1⁄2 E1⁄2 NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 5.31

6 7 7 E1⁄2 E1⁄2 57.60

6 7 8 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 NW1⁄4, W1⁄2 SW1⁄4 22.46


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‘‘South West Section Subdivision Acres 

6 7 17 NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4, N1⁄2 SW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 10.84

6 7 18 E1⁄2 NE1⁄4 43.42

6 8 1 W1⁄2 SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 20.6

6 8 1 N1⁄2 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 19.99

6 8 1 SE1⁄4 NE1⁄4 9.99

6 8 1 NE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 10.46

6 8 1 NE1⁄4 SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 12.99

6 7 6 SW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 37.39

6 7 5 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 24.87

6 7 5, 8 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of sec. 5; and NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4

NW1⁄4 of sec. 8 

109.9

6 8 1 NW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 31.32

6 8 1 NE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 8.89

6 8 1 SW1⁄4 NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 78.4

6 7 8, 17 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of sec. 8; and NE1⁄4 NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 of sec. 

17 

14.33

6 7 17 NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 6.68

6 8 12 SW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 8.19

6 8 1 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 2.0

6 8 1 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 5.05

6 8 12 SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4 54.64

6 7 17, 18 SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4 of sec. 17; and SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4 of sec. 18 136.83

6 8 1 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 20.08

6 7 5 NE1⁄4 SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4, E1⁄2 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 97.38

4 7 31 SE1⁄4 159.60

6 7 17 NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 3.14

6 8 12 NW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 1.10

6 7 8 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 0.92

6 8 12 NE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 1.99

6 7, 8 7, 12 NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 of sec. 7; and S1⁄2 NE1⁄4 E1⁄2 NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4 of 

sec. 12 

86.48

6 8 12 NE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 1.56

6 7,8 6,1 W1⁄2 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of sec. 6; and E1⁄2 SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of sec. 1 35.82

6 7 5 E1⁄2 NW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 19.88

6 8 12 NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 0.29

6 8 1 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 2.5


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‘‘South West Section Subdivision Acres 

6 7 8 NE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 7.16

6 8 1 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 5.5

6 8 1 SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 1.34

Total 11,349.92.’’. 


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Calendar No. 403 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 818 

[Report No. 114–230] 

A BILL 

To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to 

make technical corrections, and for other purposes. 

MARCH 16, 2016 

Reported with an amendment 


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