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

Bill: 114-hr-3211
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-23
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: 2016-05-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 437.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Department 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 Interior 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>

action_date: 2016-05-11
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Department 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>Such land must be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require Interior to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.)</p> <p>Gaming is prohibited on lands taken into trust pursuant to this bill. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3211 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2015 Mr. Schrader introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.

1. Purpose; clarification (a) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to facilitate fee-to-trust applications for the Siletz Tribe within the geographic area specified in the amendment made by this Act. (b) Clarification Except as specifically provided otherwise by this Act or the amendment made by this Act, nothing in this Act or the amendment made by this Act, shall prioritize for any purpose the claims of any federally recognized Indian tribe over the claims of any other federally recognized Indian tribe. 2. 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. ). .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 437 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3211 [Report No. 114–563] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2015 Mr. Schrader introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources May 11, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.

1. Purpose; clarification (a) Purpose The purpose of this Act is to facilitate fee-to-trust applications for the Siletz Tribe within the geographic area specified in the amendment made by this Act. (b) Clarification Except as specifically provided otherwise by this Act or the amendment made by this Act, nothing in this Act or the amendment made by this Act, shall prioritize for any purpose the claims of any federally recognized Indian tribe over the claims of any other federally recognized Indian tribe. 2. 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. ). .

May 11, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed