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[S. 2716 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 627
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2716

                          [Report No. 116-324]

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2019

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

                           December 15, 2020

               Reported by Mr. Hoeven, with an amendment
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, 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. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT AMENDMENT.

    Section 1(d) of Public Law 100-425 (commonly known as the ``Grand 
Ronde Reservation Act'') (102 Stat. 1594) 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 (4); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Gaming prohibition.--Any real property 
        transferred to the Tribes as part of a land claim settlement 
        approved by the United States shall not be eligible, or used, 
        for any class II gaming or class III gaming (as those terms are 
        defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
        U.S.C. 2703)).''.</DELETED>
            ``(2) Gaming prohibition.--Any real property obtained by 
        the Tribes as part of a land claim settlement approved by the 
        United States 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)).''.

SEC. 2. TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES.

    Nothing in this Act, or the amendments 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)).
                                                       Calendar No. 627

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2716

                          [Report No. 116-324]

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                                 A BILL

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

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                           December 15, 2020

                       Reported with an amendment