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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5394 
To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act to a specific parcel of real property transferred by the United 
States to 2 Indian tribes in Oregon, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2006 
Ms. HOOLEY (for herself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. WU) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources 
A BILL 
To waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real 
property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian 
tribes in Oregon, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Regarding that parcel of real property in Marion 
County, Oregon, deeded by the United States of America 
to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon 
and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Commu-
nity of Oregon by Quitclaim Deed dated June 18, 2002, 
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and recorded in the public records of Marion County on 
June 19, 2002, the Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The parcel of land described in the Quit-
claim Deed dated June 18, 2002, comprising ap-
proximately 19.86 acres of land originally used as 
part of the Chemawa Indian School, was transferred 
by the United States in 1973 and 1974 to the State 
of Oregon for use for highway and associated road 
projects. I–5 and the Salem Parkway were com-
pleted and in 1988 the Oregon Department of 
Transportation deeded the remaining acreage back 
to the Federal Government. 
(2) The Federal Government found it could no 
longer use the returned acreage for the administra-
tion of Indian affairs, and determined it would be 
most appropriate to transfer the property to the 
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and 
the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com-
munity of Oregon; 
(3) The United States transferred the property 
jointly to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 
of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand 
Ronde Community of Oregon, for economic develop-
ment or other purposes, pursuant to the authority of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
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ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). The Siletz and 
Grand Ronde Tribes requested that the transfer 
take place. 
(4) Transfer of the real property was memorial-
ized by the United States in 2 separate documents, 
an agreement titled ‘‘Agreement for Transfer of 
Federally Owned Buildings, Improvements, Facilities 
and/or Land from the United States of America the 
[sic] Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com-
munity of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of 
Siletz Tribe [sic] of Oregon,’’ dated June 21, 2001, 
and a Quitclaim Deed, dated June 18, 2002 and re-
corded in the public records of Marion County, Or-
egon, on June 19, 2002, Reel 1959, Page 84. 
(5) Use of the real property by the two feder-
ally recognized Indian tribes for economic develop-
ment purposes is consistent with the intent and lan-
guage of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act and other Federal Indian stat-
utes to encourage tribal economic development and 
to promote economic self-sufficiency for Indian 
tribes. 
(6) The United States does not desire the re-
turn of the property to the Federal Government, and 
does not intend under any circumstances to take ac-
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tion under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act or other legal authority to 
seek the return of the property. In reliance upon this 
intent, the two Indian tribes have committed over 
$2,500,000 to infrastructure improvements to the 
property, including roads and sewer and water sys-
tems, and have approved plans to further develop 
this property for economic development, the realiza-
tion of which is dependent upon the Indian tribes’ 
ability to secure conventional financing. 
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF APPLICATION OF THE INDIAN SELF DE-
TERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE 
ACT TO PROPERTY TRANSFERRED BY THE 
UNITED STATES TO THE SILETZ AND GRAND 
RONDE TRIBES. 
(a) NONAPPLICATION
OF LAW.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, application of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450 et seq.) shall not apply to the transfer of the real 
property identified in the Quitclaim Deed dated June 18, 
2002, from the United States of America to the Confed-
erated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon and the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, 
and recorded in the public records of Marion County, Or-
egon, on June 19, 2002 at Reel 1959, Page 84. 
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(b) NEW DEED.—The Secretary of Interior shall 
issue a new deed with regard to the real property described 
in subsection (a) without any restriction on the right to 
alienate the property and in which all references to the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
and provisions of that Act shall be omitted. 
(c) NO GAMING.—Class II and Class III gaming 
under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.) may not be conducted on the real property de-
scribed in this section. 
Æ 
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