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

S. 818 · 114th Congress · Dec 14, 2016 · Lineage

AN ACT

Section 1 Additional land for Grand Ronde reservation

Section 1 of Public Law 100–425 (commonly known as the “Grand Ronde Reservation Act”) (25 U.S.C. 713f note; 102 Stat. 1594; 104 Stat. 207; 108 Stat. 708; 108 Stat. 4566; 112 Stat. 1896), is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in the first sentence—
(i)
by striking “Subject to valid existing rights, including (but not limited to) all” and inserting the following:

“(1) In general—Subject to valid existing rights, including all”

(ii)
by inserting “(referred to in this Act as the Tribes)” before the period at the end;
(B)
in the second sentence, by striking “Such land” and inserting the following:

“(2) Treatment—The land referred to in paragraph (1)”

(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(3) Additional trust acquisitions

“(A) In general—The Secretary may accept title in and to any additional real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Tribes (as established by the Executive order dated June 30, 1857, and comprised of land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if that real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by, or on behalf of, the Tribes.

“(B) Treatment of trust land

“(i) In general—An application to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Tribes shall be treated by the Secretary as an on-reservation trust acquisition.

“(ii) Gaming

“(I) In general—Except as provided in subclause (II), real property taken into trust pursuant to this paragraph shall not be eligible, or used, for any class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

“(II) Exception—Subclause (I) shall not apply to any real property located within 2 miles of the gaming facility in existence on the date of enactment of this paragraph located on State Highway 18 in the Grand Ronde community, Oregon.

“(C) Reservation—All real property taken into trust within the boundaries described in subparagraph (A) at any time after September 9, 1988, shall be considered to be a part of the reservation of the Tribes.”

(2)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in the matter preceding the table, by striking “in subsection (a) are approximately 10,311.60” and inserting “in subsection (a)(1) are the approximately 11,349.92”; and
(B)
by striking the table and inserting the following: