H.R. 2839 — To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes. | PoliFocus

H.R. 2839118th Congress

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

Subjects

Native Americans

Summary

This act 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 act 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 act 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.

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Related Legislation

S. 1286A 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.
2023-07-19Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Legislative Actions

2023-07-19
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2023-12-06
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-300.
2023-12-06
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-300.
2023-12-06
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 243.
2023-12-11
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2023-12-11
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6749-6750)
2023-12-11
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2839.
2023-12-11
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6749-6750)
2023-12-11
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6749-6750)
2023-12-11
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2023-12-12
Received in the Senate, read twice.
2023-12-19
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6061)

Enacted as Public Law 118-33

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