Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SILETZ RESERVATION ACT AMENDMENT. 
Section 4 of Public Law 96–340 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Siletz Reservation Act’’) (94 Stat. 1074) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND ANIMAL GATH-
ERING. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CONSENT
DECREE.—The term ‘Consent 
Decree’ means the final judgment and decree of the 
United States District Court for the District of Or-
egon, in the action entitled ‘Confederated Tribes of 
Siletz Indians of Oregon against State of Oregon’, 
entered on May 2, 1980. 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
‘‘(3) SILETZ
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘Siletz 
Agreement’ means the agreement entitled ‘Agree-
ment Among the State of Oregon, the United States 
of America and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 
Indians of Oregon to Permanently Define Tribal 
Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, and Gathering Rights 
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of the Siletz Tribe and its Members’ and entered 
into by the United States on April 22, 1980. 
‘‘(b) HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND ANIMAL 
GATHERING AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Siletz Agreement shall 
remain in effect until and unless replaced, amended, 
or otherwise modified by 1 or more successor gov-
ernment-to-government 
agreements 
between 
the 
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the State 
of Oregon relating to the hunting, fishing, trapping, 
and animal gathering rights of the Confederated 
Tribes of Siletz Indians. 
‘‘(2) AMENDMENTS.—The Siletz Agreement or 
any successor agreement entered into under para-
graph (1) may be amended from time to time by 
mutual consent of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz 
Indians and the State of Oregon. 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS
OF
NEW
AGREEMENT
OR 
AMENDMENTS.—The Siletz Agreement or any suc-
cessor agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 
shall not provide for exclusive or primary Siletz take 
opportunity outside the exterior boundaries of the 
1855 Executive Order Siletz Coast Reservation (as 
described in section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Siletz Tribe 
Indian Restoration Act (Public Law 95–195; 91 
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Stat. 1418; 130 Stat. 1364)) relative to any other 
federally recognized Indian Tribe, and shall not pro-
vide for new or expanded take of fishery resources 
in the Columbia River or in the Willamette River 
from its mouth to the top of Willamette Falls. 
‘‘(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—In any action brought in 
the United States District Court for the District of Or-
egon to rescind, overturn, modify, or provide relief under 
Federal law from the Consent Decree, the United States 
District Court for the District of Oregon shall review the 
application of the parties on the merits without regard to 
the defense of res judicata or collateral estoppel. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section enlarges, con-
firms, adjudicates, affects, or modifies any treaty or other 
right of an Indian Tribe.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 243 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2839 
[Report No. 118–300] 
A BILL 
To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the 
hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering 
rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indi-
ans, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 6, 2023 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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