S. 910Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

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

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The bill amends the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to clarify the specific land covered and to restrict gaming activities on lands acquired through settlement. It changes the description of the land to the 84‑acre Thompson Strip and adds a prohibition on any class II or class III gaming on such property. The legislation also states that it does not alter any existing treaty rights of federally recognized tribes.

Key Provisions

Changes the land reference in the Act from “lands within the State of Oregon” to the specific 84‑acre “Thompson Strip.”
Adds a prohibition that any real property obtained through a land‑claim settlement cannot be used for class II or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Clarifies that nothing in the amendment expands, confirms, adjudicates, affects, or modifies any treaty rights of Indian tribes.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.

November 27, 2023

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Introduced in Senate

March 22, 2023

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Indian Affairs Committee

March 22, 2023

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

Indian Affairs Committee

July 19, 2023

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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 118-113.

Indian Affairs Committee

November 27, 2023

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.

November 27, 2023

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Reported to SenateIssued November 27, 2023

Calendar No. 251

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 910

[Report No. 118–113]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 22, 2023

Mr. Merkley (for himself and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

November 27, 2023

Reported by Mr. Schatz, without amendment

A BILL

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

Grand Ronde Reservation Act amendments

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)).

November 27, 2023

Reported without amendment