[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1722 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1722

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2023

 Ms. Salinas (for herself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Hoyle of 
 Oregon, and Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grand Ronde Reservation Act 
Amendment of 2023''.

SEC. 2. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT AMENDMENT.

    Section 1(d) of Public Law 100-425 (commonly known as the ``Grand 
Ronde Reservation Act''; 102 Stat. 1594; 108 Stat. 4566) 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 (3); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Gaming prohibition.--Any real property obtained by 
        the Tribes as part of a land claim settlement approved by the 
        United States, including any real property purchased with funds 
        granted as part of any land claim settlement, 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. 3. TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES.

     Nothing in this Act, or an amendment 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)).
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