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Bill114th CongressFiled Jul 23, 2015Native Americans
H.R. 3212

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

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What it doesSummary reported to house with amendment(s) (Jul 25, 2016)

This bill amends the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to permit the Department of the Interior to accept real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within Polk and Yamhill Counties) that is transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the tribes.

Interior must treat applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as on-reservation trust acquisitions. Gaming is prohibited on such real property taken into trust, except for real property within two miles of a specified gaming facility. All real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, is part of the tribes' reservation.

What just happenedJul 25, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 542.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5](D-OR)Sponsor
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  1. Jul 25, 2016CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 542.

  2. Jul 25, 2016CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-700.

    Natural Resources Committee
  3. Jul 25, 2016Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-700.

    Natural Resources Committee
  4. Jun 15, 2016Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

    Natural Resources Committee
  5. Jun 15, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  6. Jun 14, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  7. Jun 14, 2016Committee

    Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.

    Natural Resources Committee
  8. Aug 31, 2015Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

    Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
  9. Jul 23, 2015IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    Natural Resources Committee
  10. Jul 23, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  11. Jul 23, 2015IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House with amendment(s)Jul 25, 201617

This bill amends the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to permit the Department of the Interior to accept real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within Polk and Yamhill Counties) that is transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the tribes.

Interior must treat applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as on-reservation trust acquisitions. Gaming is prohibited on such real property taken into trust, except for real property within two miles of a specified gaming facility. All real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, is part of the tribes' reservation.

Introduced in HouseJul 23, 2015

Authorizes the Department of the Interior to accept title to any additional number of acres of real property located within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (comprising land within the political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Counties, Oregon), if such real property is conveyed or otherwise transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the Tribe.

States that: (1) Interior shall treat applications to take land into trust within the boundaries of the original 1857 reservation as an on-reservation trust acquisition; (2) the real property taken into trust is not to be eligible, or used, for certain gaming, except for real property within two miles of a specified gaming facility; and (3) all real property taken into trust within those boundaries after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's reservation.

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