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S 416 113th Congress Senate Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Oregon

A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 28, 2013 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Feb 28, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe.

States that: (1) the Secretary shall treat all applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition, and (2) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.

What's happening now February 28, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5701 Related bill Western Oregon Indian Tribal Lands Act
  • HR 841 Identical bill To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 28, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 416: A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-416/
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