[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 356 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 356

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVATION.

    Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a reservation 
for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, and 
for other purposes,'' approved September 9, 1988 (Public Law 100-425; 
102 Stat. 1594; 102 Stat. 2939; 104 Stat. 207; 106 Stat. 3255; 108 
Stat. 708; 108 Stat. 4566; 112 Stat. 1896), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``Subject to valid'' and inserting 
                the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to valid''; and
                    (B) by adding after paragraph (1) (as designated by 
                subparagraph (A)) the following:
            ``(2) Additional trust acquisitions.--The Secretary may 
        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 established by Executive Order dated June 30, 1857, 
        comprised of 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. All applications to take land into trust within the 
        boundaries of the original 1857 reservation shall be treated by 
        the Secretary as an on-reservation trust acquisition. All real 
        property taken into trust within those boundaries at any time 
        after September 9, 1988, shall be part of the Tribe's 
        reservation.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding the table, by striking 
                ``in subsection (a) are approximately 10,311.60'' and 
                inserting ``in subsection (a)(1) are approximately 
                10,599.66''; and
                    (B) in the table--
                            (i) by striking the following:


``6       7         8        Tax lot 800                          5.55''
 

                            and inserting the following:


``6       7         7, 8,    Former tax lot 800, located         5.55'';
                     17       within the SE \1/4\, SE \1/
                              4\ of Section 7; the SW \1/
                              4\ of Section 8; and the
                              NW \1/4\, NW \1/4\ of
                              Section 17
 

                            (ii) in the acres column of the last item 
                        added by section 2(a)(1) of Public Law 103-445 
                        (108 Stat. 4566), by striking ``240'' and 
                        inserting ``241.06''; and
                            (iii) by striking all text after


``6       7         18       E \1/2\ NE \1/4\                    43.42''
 

                            and inserting the following:


``6                  8   1           W \1/2\, SE \1/4\,             20.6
                                     SE \1/4\ and S \1/
                                     2\, NE \1/4\, SE \1/
                                     4\
6                    8   1          N \1/2\, SW \1/4\,             19.99
                                     SE \1/4\
6                    8   1          SE \1/4\, NE \1/4\              9.99
6                    8   1          NE \1/4\, SW \1/4\             10.46
                                     and NW \1/4\, SW \1/
                                     4\
6                    8   1          NE \1/4\, SW \1/4\             12.99
                                     and NW \1/4\, SW \1/
                                     4\
6                    7   6          SW \1/4\, NW \1/4\             37.99
6                    7   5          NE \1/4\, NW \1/4\             24.87
6                    7   5, 8       SW \1/4\, SE \1/4\             109.9
                                     of Section 5 and NE
                                     \1/4\, NE \1/4\ NW
                                     \1/4\, NE \1/4\ NE
                                     \1/4\, NW \1/4\ of
                                     Section 8
6                    8   1           NW \1/4\, SE \1/4\            31.32
6                    8   1           NE \1/4\, SW \1/4\             8.89
                         .........        Total             10,599.66''.
 

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