H.R. 1722 – Reading Mode

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America

At the First Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three

H. R. 1722

AN ACT

To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment of 2023.

Grand Ronde Reservation Act amendment

Section 1(d) of Public Law 100–425 (commonly known as the Grand Ronde Reservation Act; 102 Stat. 1594; 108 Stat. 4566) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1), by striking lands within the State of Oregon and inserting the 84 acres known as the Thompson Strip;

(2)

by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and

(3)

by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

(2)

Gaming prohibition

Any real property obtained by the Tribes as part of a land claim settlement approved by the United States, including any real property purchased with funds granted as part of any land claim settlement, shall not be eligible, or used, for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

Treaty rights of federally recognized tribes

Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to enlarge, confirm, adjudicate, affect, or modify any treaty right of an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.