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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 814 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of Oregon 

to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. 

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 Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in 

the State of Oregon to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, 

Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oregon Coastal Land 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) CONFEDERATED TRIBES.—The term ‘‘Con2 federated Tribes’’ means the Confederated Tribes of 

3 Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. 

4 (2) OREGON COASTAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Or5 egon Coastal land’’ means the approximately 14,408 

6 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map enti7 tled ‘‘Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance’’ and dated 

8 March 27, 2013. 

9 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

10 the Secretary of the Interior. 

11 SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

13 including rights-of-way, all right, title, and interest of the 

14 United States in and to the Oregon Coastal land, includ15 ing any improvements located on the land, appurtenances 

16 to the land, and minerals on or in the land, including oil 

17 and gas, shall be— 

18 (1) held in trust by the United States for the 

19 benefit of the Confederated Tribes; and 

20 (2) part of the reservation of the Confederated 

21 Tribes. 

22 (b) SURVEY.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 

24 survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 

25 of the land taken into trust under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 4. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a 

4 map and legal description of the Oregon Coastal land 

5 with— 

6 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re7 sources of the Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

9 House of Representatives. 

10 (b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal de11 scription filed under subsection (a) shall have the same 

12 force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 

13 Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical errors 

14 in the map or legal description. 

15 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal de16 scription filed under subsection (a) shall be on file and 

17 available for public inspection in the Office of the Sec18 retary. 

19 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Unless expressly provided in this 

21 Act, nothing in this Act affects any right or claim of the 

22 Confederated Tribes existing on the date of enactment of 

23 this Act to any land or interest in land. 

24 (b) PROHIBITIONS.— 

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1 port of unprocessed logs harvested from Federal 

2 land shall apply to any unprocessed logs that are 

3 harvested from the Oregon Coastal land taken into 

4 trust under section 3. 

5 (2) NON-PERMISSIBLE USE OF LAND.—Any real 

6 property taken into trust under section 3 shall not 

7 be eligible, or used, for any gaming activity carried 

8 out under Public Law 100–497 (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 

9 seq.). 

10 (c) LAWS APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL FORESTRY

11 ACTIVITY.—Any commercial forestry activity that is car12 ried out on the Oregon Coastal land taken into trust under 

13 section 3 shall be managed in accordance with all applica14 ble Federal laws. 

15 (d) AGREEMENTS.—The Confederated Tribes shall 

16 consult with the Secretary and other parties as necessary 

17 to develop agreements to provide for access to the Oregon 

18 Coastal land taken into trust under section 3 that provide 

19 for— 

20 (1) honoring existing reciprocal right-of-way 

21 agreements; 

22 (2) administrative access by the Bureau of 

23 Land Management; and 

24 (3) management of the Oregon Coastal land 

25 that are acquired or developed under chapter 2003 


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1 of title 54, United States Code, consistent with sec2 tion 200305(f)(3) of title 54, United States Code. 

3 (e) LAND USE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.—Except 

4 as provided in subsection (c), once the Oregon Coastal 

5 land is taken into trust under section 3, the land shall 

6 not be subject to the land use planning requirements of 

7 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

8 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Act of August 28, 1937 

9 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.). 

10 SEC. 6. LAND RECLASSIFICATION. 

11 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA

12 RAILROAD GRANT LAND.—Not later than 180 days after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri14 culture and the Secretary shall identify any Oregon and 

15 California Railroad grant land that is held in trust by the 

16 United States for the benefit of the Confederated Tribes 

17 under section 3. 

18 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND.— 

19 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 

20 this Act, the Secretary shall identify public domain land 

21 in the State of Oregon that— 

22 (1) is approximately equal in acreage and con23 dition as the Oregon and California Railroad grant 

24 land identified under subsection (a); and 


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1 (2) is located in the vicinity of the Oregon and 

2 California Railroad grant land. 

3 (c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Con5 gress and publish in the Federal Register 1 or more maps 

6 depicting the land identified in subsections (a) and (b). 

7 (d) RECLASSIFICATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—After providing an oppor9 tunity for public comment, the Secretary shall re10 classify the land identified in subsection (b) as Or11 egon and California Railroad grant land. 

12 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The Act of August 28, 

13 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), shall apply to land 

14 reclassified as Oregon and California Railroad grant 

15 land under paragraph (1). 

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