A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.

Bill: 113-s-402
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-02-28
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of the Interior

Gambling

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Oregon
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1014)

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon.</p> <p>Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.)</p> <p>Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 402 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 28, 2013 Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.

1. Treatment of certain property of the Siletz tribe of the State of Oregon Section 7 of the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act ( 25 U.S.C. 711e ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Treatment of certain property (1) In general (A) Title The Secretary may accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation established by Executive Order dated November 9, 1855, comprised of land within the political boundaries of Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, and Yamhill Counties in the State of Oregon, if that real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the tribe. (B) Trust Land to which title is accepted by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the tribe. (2) Treatment as part of reservation All real property that is taken into trust under paragraph (1) shall— (A) be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition under part 151.10 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and (B) become part of the reservation of the tribe. (3) Prohibition on gaming Any real property taken into trust under paragraph (1) shall not be eligible, or used, for any gaming activity carried out under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). .