H. R. 2839 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three 
An Act 
To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, 
and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 GATHERING. 
‘‘(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 Oregon, in the action entitled ‘Confed-
erated 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-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
‘‘(3) SILETZ
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘Siletz Agreement’ 
means the agreement entitled ‘Agreement 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 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 government-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 paragraph (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 successor agreement entered into 
under paragraph (1) shall not provide for exclusive or primary 
Siletz take opportunity outside the exterior boundaries of the
H. R. 2839—2 
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 Stat. 1418; 130 Stat. 1364)) relative 
to any other federally recognized Indian Tribe, and shall not 
provide 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 Oregon 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, confirms, adju-
dicates, affects, or modifies any treaty or other right of an Indian 
Tribe.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.