I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5701 
To require that certain Federal lands be held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of federally recognized tribes in the State of Oregon, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2014 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. SCHRADER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require that certain Federal lands be held in trust by 
the United States for the benefit of federally recognized 
tribes in the State of 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Western Oregon Indian 
Tribal Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
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TITLE I—RESERVATION OF CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE 
GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY OF OREGON 
Sec. 101. Additional lands for reservation. 
TITLE II—OREGON COASTAL LANDS 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Conveyance. 
Sec. 204. Map and legal description. 
Sec. 205. Administration. 
Sec. 206. Land reclassification. 
TITLE III—COW CREEK UMPQUA LAND CONVEYANCE 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. Conveyance. 
Sec. 304. Map and legal description. 
Sec. 305. Administration. 
Sec. 306. Land reclassification. 
TITLE IV—SILETZ TRIBE INDIAN RESTORATION ACT 
Sec. 401. Purpose; clarification. 
Sec. 402. Treatment of certain property of the Siletz tribe of the State of Or-
egon. 
TITLE V—AMENDMENTS TO COQUILLE RESTORATION ACT 
Sec. 501. Amendments to Coquille Restoration Act. 
TITLE I—RESERVATION OF CON-
FEDERATED TRIBES OF THE 
GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY 
OF OREGON 
SEC. 101. ADDITIONAL LANDS FOR RESERVATION. 
Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a 
reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand 
Ronde Community of Oregon, and for other purposes,’’ 
approved September 9, 1988 (Public Law 100–425; 102 
Stat. 1594; 102 Stat. 2939; 104 Stat. 207; 106 Stat. 
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3255; 108 Stat. 708; 108 Stat. 4566; 112 Stat. 1896), 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Subject to valid’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid’’; and 
(B) by adding after paragraph (1) (as des-
ignated by subparagraph (A)) the following: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL TRUST ACQUISITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
accept title to any additional number of acres of 
real property located within the boundaries of 
the original 1857 reservation of the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 
of Oregon established by Executive order dated 
June 30, 1857, comprised of land within the 
political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Coun-
ties, Oregon, if that real property is conveyed or 
otherwise transferred to the United States by or 
on behalf of the Tribe. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF TRUST LAND.— 
‘‘(i) Applications to take land into 
trust within the boundaries of the original 
1857 reservation shall be treated by the 
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Secretary as an on-reservation trust acqui-
sition. 
‘‘(ii) Any real property taken into 
trust under this paragraph shall not be eli-
gible, or used, for any Class II or Class III 
gaming activity carried out under the In-
dian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2701 et seq.), except for real property 
within 2 miles of the gaming facility in ex-
istence on the date of enactment of this 
paragraph that is located on State High-
way 18 in the Grand Ronde community of 
Oregon. 
‘‘(C) RESERVATION.—All real property 
taken into trust within those boundaries at any 
time after September 9, 1988, shall be part of 
the reservation of the Tribe.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding the table, by 
striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approximately 
10,311.60’’ and inserting ‘‘in subsection (a)(1) 
are approximately 11,349.92’’; and 
(B) in the table— 
(i) by striking the following: 
‘‘6 
Tax lot 800 
5.55’’; 
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and inserting the following: 
‘‘6 
7, 8, 17, 
Former tax lot 800, located within the SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Sec-
tion 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’’; 
(ii) in the acres column of the last 
item added by section 2(a)(1) of Public 
Law 103–445 (108 Stat. 4566), by strik-
ing ‘‘240’’ and inserting ‘‘241.06’’; and 
(iii) by striking all text after 
‘‘6 
E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 
43.42’’; 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘6 
W 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 
20.6
N 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 
19.99
SE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 
9.99
NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
10.46
NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
12.99
SW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 
37.39
SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
24.87
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
NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 
31.32
NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
8.89
SW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 
78.4
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
NW1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 
6.68
SW 1⁄4 NE1⁄4 
8.19
SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
2.0
SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
5.05
SE 1⁄4, SW 1⁄4 
54.64
17, 18 
SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 of Section 17; and SE 1⁄4, NE 1⁄4 of Section 
136.83
SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 
20.08
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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SE 1⁄4 
159.60
NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 
3.14
NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 
1.10
SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
0.92
NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 
1.99
NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 7; and 
S 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4, E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 of Section 12 
86.48
NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 
1.56
W 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 6; and 
E 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Section 1 
35.82
E 1⁄2 NW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 
19.88
NW 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 
0.29
SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
2.5
NE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 
7.16
SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
5.5
SE 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 
1.34
Total 
11,349.92’’. 
TITLE II—OREGON COASTAL 
LANDS 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Oregon Coastal Lands 
Act’’. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) CONFEDERATED TRIBES.—The term ‘‘Con-
federated Tribes’’ means the Confederated Tribes of 
Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. 
(2) OREGON COASTAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Or-
egon Coastal land’’ means the approximately 14,408 
acres of land, as generally depicted on the map enti-
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tled ‘‘Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance’’ and dated 
March 27, 2013. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 203. CONVEYANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
including rights-of-way, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the Oregon Coastal land, includ-
ing any improvements located on the land, appurtenances 
to the land, and minerals on or in the land, including oil 
and gas, shall be— 
(1) held in trust by the United States for the 
benefit of the Confederated Tribes; and 
(2) part of the reservation of the Confederated 
Tribes. 
(b) SURVEY.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 
survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 
of the land taken into trust under subsection (a). 
SEC. 204. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a 
map and legal description of the Oregon Coastal land 
with— 
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(1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under subsection (a) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this title, except that 
the Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical er-
rors in the map or legal description. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under subsection (a) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Unless expressly provided in this 
title, nothing in this title affects any right or claim of the 
Confederated Tribes existing on the date of enactment of 
this Act to any land or interest in land. 
(b) PROHIBITIONS.— 
(1) EXPORTS
OF
UNPROCESSED
LOGS.—Fed-
eral law (including regulations) relating to the ex-
port of unprocessed logs harvested from Federal 
land shall apply to any unprocessed logs that are 
harvested from the Oregon Coastal land taken into 
trust under section 203. 
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(2) NON-PERMISSIBLE USE OF LAND.—Any real 
property taken into trust under section 203 shall not 
be eligible, or used, for any gaming activity carried 
out under Public Law 100–497 (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 
seq.). 
(c) LAWS APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL FORESTRY 
ACTIVITY.—Any commercial forestry activity that is car-
ried out on the Oregon Coastal land taken into trust under 
section 203 shall be managed in accordance with all appli-
cable Federal laws, including the National Indian Forest 
Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 
(d) AGREEMENTS.—The Confederated Tribes shall 
consult with the Secretary and other parties as necessary 
to develop agreements to provide for access to the Oregon 
Coastal land taken into trust under section 203 that pro-
vide for— 
(1) honoring existing reciprocal right-of-way 
agreements; 
(2) administrative access by the Bureau of 
Land Management; and 
(3) management of the Oregon Coastal land 
that are acquired or developed under the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 et seq.), consistent with section 8(f)(3) of 
that Act (162 U.S.C. 460l–8(f)(3)). 
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(e) LAND USE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.—Except 
as provided in subsection (c), once the Oregon Coastal 
land is taken into trust under section 203, the land shall 
not be subject to the land use planning requirements of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Act of August 28, 1937 
(43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.). 
SEC. 206. LAND RECLASSIFICATION. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA 
RAILROAD GRANT LAND.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary shall identify any Oregon and 
California Railroad grant land that is held in trust by the 
United States for the benefit of the Confederated Tribes 
under section 203. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND.— 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall identify public domain land 
in the State of Oregon that— 
(1) is approximately equal in acreage and con-
dition as the Oregon and California Railroad grant 
land identified under subsection (a); and 
(2) is located in the vicinity of the Oregon and 
California Railroad grant land. 
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(c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress and publish in the Federal Register one or more 
maps depicting the land identified in subsections (a) and 
(b). 
(d) RECLASSIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After providing an oppor-
tunity for public comment, the Secretary shall re-
classify the land identified in subsection (b) as Or-
egon and California Railroad grant land. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The Act of August 28, 
1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), shall apply to land 
reclassified as Oregon and California Railroad grant 
land under paragraph (1). 
TITLE III—COW CREEK UMPQUA 
LAND CONVEYANCE 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Cow Creek Umpqua 
Land Conveyance Act’’. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COUNCIL CREEK LAND.—The term ‘‘Council 
Creek land’’ means the approximately 17,519 acres 
of land, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
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‘‘Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance’’ and dated 
June 27, 2013. 
(2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Cow 
Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 303. CONVEYANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
including rights-of-way, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the Council Creek land, including 
any improvements located on the land, appurtenances to 
the land, and minerals on or in the land, including oil and 
gas, shall be— 
(1) held in trust by the United States for the 
benefit of the Tribe; and 
(2) part of the reservation of the Tribe. 
(b) SURVEY.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 
survey of the boundary lines to establish the boundaries 
of the land taken into trust under subsection (a). 
SEC. 304. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a 
map and legal description of the Council Creek land 
with— 
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(1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under subsection (a) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this title, except that 
the Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical er-
rors in the map or legal description. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under subsection (a) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 305. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Unless expressly provided in this 
title, nothing in this title affects any right or claim of the 
Tribe existing on the date of enactment of this Act to any 
land or interest in land. 
(b) PROHIBITIONS.— 
(1) EXPORTS
OF
UNPROCESSED
LOGS.—Fed-
eral law (including regulations) relating to the ex-
port of unprocessed logs harvested from Federal 
land shall apply to any unprocessed logs that are 
harvested from the Council Creek land. 
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