A bill to establish a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon.
PL 96-340 (S.2055), enacted 09/04/1980

94 STAT. 1072 
PUBLIC LAW 96-340—SEPT. 4, 1980 
Public Law 96-340 
96th Congress 
An Act 
Sept. 4, 1980 
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Q establish a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon. 
[S. 2055] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Confederated 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. Subject to all Valid liens, rights-of-way, reciprocal road 
Ore^gon." 
rights-of-way agreements, licenses, leases, permits, and easements 
Reservation 
existing on the date of the enactment of this Act, all right, title, and 
establishment. 
interest of the United States in the following parcel of land (consist-
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jng of approximately three thousand six hundred and thirty acres 
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and located in the State of Oregon) is held in trust for the Confeder-
ated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon: 
(1) In township 9 south, range 9 west, Willamette meridian— 
(A) in section 13 the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter; 
(B) in section 14 the northeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter; 
(C) in section 15 lot 2; 
(D) in section 20 the east half of the east half of northeast 
quarter and the east half of the northeast quarter of the 
southeast quarter; 
(E) in section 21 the south half of the northeast quarter, 
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the north-
east quarter of the southwest quarter; 
(F) in section 22 the north half of the northwest quarter of 
the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the north-
west quarter, and the south half of the northwest quarter; 
(G) in section 23 lots 3, 4, and 5, the southwest quarter of 
the northeeist quarter, and the northwest quarter of the 
southeast quarter; 
(H) in section 24 the northeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter; 
(I) in section 25 lots 3 and 7, the southeast quarter of the 
northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter, and the 
southeast quarter; 
(J) in section 26 the southeast quarter; 
(K) in section 27 the south half of the northeast quarter of 
the northeast quarter, the south half of the northeast quar-
ter, the south half of the southwest quarter of the northwest 
quarter, the southeast qusurter of the northwest quarter, and 
the north half of the southeast quarter; 
(L) in section 31 lot 20 and the southeast quarter of the 
northeast quarter; 
(M) in section 32 the north half of lot 21; 
(N) in section 34 the east half of the west half of the 
northwest quarter, the east half of the northeast quarter of 
the southeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter 
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of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the 
southeast quarter; 
(0) in section 35 the north half of the southwest quarter, 
the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the north-
west quarter of the southeast quarter, and the southeast 
quarter of the southeast quarter; and 
(P) in section 36 the southwest quarter of the southeast 
quarter. 
(2) In township 10 south, range 9 west, Willamette meridian— 
(A) in section 2 the north half of lot 7 and the north half of 
lot 8; 
(B) section 3 lots 1,2,3, and 14; 
(C) in section 4 the east half of the east half of the 
southwest quarter, the east half of the southeast quarter, the 
east half of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, 
the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of the 
southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter of the south-
east quarter; 
(D) in section 6 the east half of the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter; 
(E) in section 8 lot 3; 
(F) in section 9 lots 1, 2, and 3 and the east half of lot 4; 
(G) in section 13 the southwest quarter of the southeast 
quarter; 
(H) in section 15 lot 1; 
(1) in section 16 the southeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter; 
(J) in section 17 lot 4; 
(K) in section 18 lot 1; 
(L) in section 20 lot 11; 
(M) in section 21 lots 5 and 8; 
(N) in section 22 lots 4,5, and 17; 
(O) in section 24 lots 1,2, and 12; 
(P) in section 25 the west half of the northeast quarter; and 
(Q) in section 26 the southwest quarter of the southeast 
quarter. 
(3) In township 10 south, range 10 west, Willamette meridian— 
(A) in section 13 the east half of the northwest quarter; 
(B) in section 14 the southeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter; 
(C) in section 15 the south half of the northeast quarter 
and the east half of the southeeist quarter of the northwest 
quarter; 
(D) in section 20 of lot 1 Ijdng south of the southern 
boundary of the former Siletz Indian Reservation; 
(E) in section 23 lots 6 and 7; and 
(Din section 24 lot 8. 
(4) In township 10 south, range 8 west, Willamette meridism— 
(A) in section 18 the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeeist quarter; 
(B) in section 20 the south half of the southeeist quarter; 
(C) in section 22 the southwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter; and 
(D) in section 30 lot 1. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior, acting at the request of the Land 
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, shall accept (subject 
conveyance. 
to all valid liens, rights-of-way, licenses, leases, permits, and ease-
ments existing on the date of the enactment of this Act) any deed or 
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Payment. 
Rights-of-way 
and easements, 
establishment. 
Hunting, fishing, 
or trapping 
rights. 
other instrument conveying to the United States the following parcel 
of land (consisting of approximately thirty-eight and forty-four one 
hundredths acres and located in the State of Oregon in the northeeist 
quarter of section 9 and the southeast quarter of section 4 in township 
10 south, range 10 west, Willamette meridian) conveyed to the city of 
Siletz on July 27, 1956 (known as Government Hill), and hold such 
land in trust for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon: 
Beginning at a %-inch iron pipe at the northeast corner of 
section 9, township 10 south, range 10 west, Willamette merid-
ian, in Lincoln County, Oregon. Said point being the true point of 
beginning; thence north 0 degrees 36 minutes 9 seconds east, 
658.81 feet to a found 2-inch iron pipe; thence north 88 degrees 41 
minutes 18 seconds west, 653.16 feet; thence south 1 degree 30 
minutes 45 seconds west, 681.49 feet to a found y4-inch iron pipe, 
thence south 89 degrees 17 minutes 43 seconds west, 564.83 feet to 
a stone marked with an "X", said point lying north 89 degrees 47 
minutes east, 100.26 feet from a stone marked with an "X" at the 
northwest corner of the northeast quarter northeast quarter of 
section 9, township 10 south, range 10 west, Willamette merid-
ian; thence south 0 degrees 6 minutes east, 660.48 feet to a 2-inch 
iron pipe; thence south 89 degrees 31 minutes west, 100.00 feet; 
thence south 59 degrees 43 minutes 18 seconds east, 1,298.82 feet; 
thence north 89 degrees 45 minutes east, 54.20 feet, to a point 
lying south 89 degrees 45 minutes west, 165.00 feet from a 1-inch 
pipe at the southeast corner of the northesist quarter northeast 
quarter of section 9, township 10 south range 10 west, Willamette 
meridian; thence north 0 degrees 34 minutes west, 598.98 feet; 
thence north 89 degrees 45 minutes east, 165.00 feet; thence 
north 0 degrees 34 minutes west, 730.79 feet to the point of 
beginning. 
The Secretary of the Interior is directed to pay to the city of Siletz, 
Oregon, upon adequate documentation, an amount equal to the costs 
and expenses, not to exceed $5,000, incurred by the city of Siletz, 
Oregon, in connection with its consideration of, and planning for, the 
conveyance of said parcel, and in conveying said parcel to the United 
States. 
SEC. 3. The parcel of land described in section 1 and any land 
described in section 2 conveyed to the Secretary of the Interior shall 
constitute the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 
of Oregon and shall be subject to the Act of June 18,1934 (25 U.S.C. 
461 et seq.), and the provisions reapplied to such tribes pursuant to 
section 3 of the Siletz Indian Tribe Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 711 et 
seq.). Such lands shall be subject to the right of the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish, without compensation to such tribes, such 
reasonable rights-of-way and eeisements as are necessary to provide 
access to or to serve adjacent or nearby Federal lands. 
SEC. 4. The establishment of the Siletz Reservation or the addition 
of lands to the reservation in the future, shall not grant or restore to 
the tribe or any member of the tribe any new or additional hunting, 
fishing, or trapping right of any nature, including any indirect or 
procedural right or advantage, on such reservation beyond the rights 
which are declared and set forth in the final judgment and decree of 
the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, in the 
action entitled Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon 
against State of Oregon, entered on May 2, 1980. Those rights as 
declared and set forth in the May 2,1980, final judgment and decree 
shall constitute the exclusive and final determination of all tribal 
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rights to hunt, fish, or trap that the Siletz Tribe or its members 
possess. 
SEC. 5. The State of Oregon shall have civil and criminal jurisdic- Jurisdiction. 
tion with respect to the reservation constituted pursuant to section 3 
and to any individual on the reservation, in accordance with section 
1360 of title 28, United States Ck)de, and section 1162 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
Approved September 4, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1159 accompanying H.R. 7267 (Comm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-626 (Comm. on Indian Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Mar. 19, considered and passed Senate. 
Aug. 18, H.R. 7267 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 2055, 
amended, passed in lieu. 
Aug. 20, Senate concurred in House amendment. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 16, No. 36: 
Sept. 5, Presidential statement.