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S 1286 118th Congress Senate Native Americans Indian lands and resources rights

A bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering activities of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 25, 2023 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Jul 19, 2023
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill provides a process by which the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Oregon may negotiate to amend or replace the existing agreement defining the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights.

The current agreement, which was made effective by a May 2, 1980, consent decree by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, serves as the exclusive and final determination of the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering rights. This bill instead allows an April 22, 1980, agreement between the United States, Oregon, and the tribe (known as the Siletz Agreement) to define the tribe's rights until and unless it is amended or replaced upon mutual agreement of the tribe and Oregon (with specified limitations regarding a new agreement).

The bill allows the tribe and Oregon to return to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to request the modification or termination of the May 2, 1980, consent decree.

What's happening now July 19, 2023

Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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