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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 559
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
AN ACT
To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT AMEND-
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MENT.
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Section 1(d) of Public Law 100–425 (commonly
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known as the ‘‘Grand Ronde Reservation Act’’) (102 Stat.
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1594) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘lands within
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the State of Oregon’’ and inserting ‘‘the 84 acres
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known as the Thompson Strip’’;
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
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graph (3); and
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(2) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Any real property
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obtained by the Tribes as part of a land claim settle-
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ment approved by the United States shall not be eli-
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gible, or used, for any class II gaming or class III
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gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
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(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are defined
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in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).’’.
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SEC. 2. TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED
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TRIBES.
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Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this
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Act, shall be construed to enlarge, confirm, adjudicate, af-
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fect, or modify any treaty right of an Indian Tribe (as
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defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and
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Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).
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Passed the Senate May 26, 2021.
Attest:
SONCERIA ANN BERRY,
Secretary.
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