I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1630 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and safety 
conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities that were constructed 
to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional 
fishing grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities and struc-
tures to improve those conditions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2017 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Ms. BONAMICI) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanita-
tion and safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs 
facilities that were constructed to provide affected Co-
lumbia River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing 
grounds and expend funds on construction of facilities 
and structures to improve those conditions, 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 ‘‘Columbia River In- 
Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SANITATION AND SAFETY CONDITIONS AT CERTAIN 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT OF CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
in consultation with the affected Columbia River Treaty 
tribes, may assess current sanitation and safety conditions 
on lands held by the United States for the benefit of the 
affected Columbia River Treaty tribes, including all per-
manent Federal structures and improvements on those 
lands, that were set aside to provide affected Columbia 
River Treaty tribes access to traditional fishing grounds— 
(1) in accordance with the Act of March 2, 
1945 (59 Stat. 10, chapter 19) (commonly known as 
the ‘‘River and Harbor Act of 1945’’); or 
(2) in accordance with title IV of Public Law 
100–581 (102 Stat. 2944). 
(b) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZATION; CONTRACTS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs— 
(1) subject to paragraph (2)(B), shall be the 
only Federal agency authorized to carry out the ac-
tivities described in this section; and 
(2) may delegate the authority to carry out ac-
tivities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (c)— 
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(A) through one or more contracts entered 
into with an Indian tribe or tribal organization 
under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 
or 
(B) to include other Federal agencies that 
have relevant expertise. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF AFFECTED COLUMBIA RIVER 
TREATY TRIBES.—In this section, the term ‘‘affected Co-
lumbia River Treaty tribes’’ means the Nez Perce Tribe, 
the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation, 
the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 
of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 
Yakama Nation. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior such sums as are necessary, to remain available 
until expended— 
(1) for improvements to existing structures and 
infrastructure to improve sanitation and safety con-
ditions assessed under subsection (a); and 
(2) to improve access to electricity, sewer, and 
water infrastructure, where feasible, to reflect needs 
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for sanitary and safe use of facilities referred to in 
subsection (a). 
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