To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1891
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-12
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Gambling

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Oregon
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill revises the land claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. In particular, the bill specifies that only the tribe's claims to the 84 acres of land known as the Thompson Strip, rather than the tribe's claims to any lands within Oregon, are extinguished.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill prohibits gaming on any real property obtained by the tribe as part of a land claim settlement approved by the United States. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1891 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2021 Mr. Schrader (for himself, Ms. Bonamici , Mr. DeFazio , and Mr. Blumenauer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.

1. Grand Ronde Reservation Act amendment Section 1(d) of Public Law 100–425 (commonly known as the Grand Ronde Reservation Act ) (102 Stat. 1594) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by striking lands within the State of Oregon and inserting the 84 acres known as the Thompson Strip ; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Gaming prohibition Any real property obtained by the Tribes as part of a land claim settlement approved by the United States shall not be eligible, or used, for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 , et seq.) (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2703 )). . 2. Treaty rights of federally recognized Tribes Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to enlarge, confirm, adjudicate, affect, or modify any treaty right of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 )).