[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 817 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.817
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen
An Act
To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation
of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PURPOSE; CLARIFICATION.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to facilitate fee-to-trust
applications for the Siletz Tribe within the geographic area specified
in the amendment made by this Act.
(b) Clarification.--Except as specifically provided otherwise by
this Act or the amendment made by this Act, nothing in this Act or the
amendment made by this Act, shall prioritize for any purpose the claims
of any federally recognized Indian tribe over the claims of any other
federally recognized Indian tribe.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE SILETZ TRIBE OF THE STATE
OF OREGON.
Section 7 of the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act (25 U.S.C.
711e) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Treatment of Certain Property.--
``(1) In general.--
``(A) Title.--The Secretary may accept title to any
additional number of acres of real property located within the
boundaries of the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation
established by Executive order dated November 9, 1855,
comprised of land within the political boundaries of Benton,
Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, and Yamhill Counties in the
State of Oregon, if that real property is conveyed or otherwise
transferred to the United States by or on behalf of the tribe.
``(B) Trust.--Land to which title is accepted by the
Secretary under this paragraph shall be held in trust by the
United States for the benefit of the tribe.
``(2) Treatment as part of reservation.--All real property that
is taken into trust under paragraph (1) shall--
``(A) be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation
acquisition under part 151.10 of title 25, Code of Federal
Regulations (or successor regulations); and
``(B) become part of the reservation of the tribe.
``(3) Prohibition on gaming.--Any real property taken into
trust under paragraph (1) shall not be eligible, or used, for any
gaming activity carried out under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.