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[H.R. 2839 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2839

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, 
  trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of 
                 Siletz Indians, 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. SILETZ RESERVATION ACT AMENDMENT.
    Section 4 of Public Law 96-340 (commonly known as the ``Siletz 
Reservation Act'') (94 Stat. 1074) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 4. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND ANIMAL GATHERING.
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
        ``(1) Consent decree.--The term `Consent Decree' means the 
    final judgment and decree of the United States District Court for 
    the District of Oregon, in the action entitled `Confederated Tribes 
    of Siletz Indians of Oregon against State of Oregon', entered on 
    May 2, 1980.
        ``(2) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian Tribe' has the meaning 
    given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
    Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
        ``(3) Siletz agreement.--The term `Siletz Agreement' means the 
    agreement entitled `Agreement Among the State of Oregon, the United 
    States of America and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians 
    of Oregon to Permanently Define Tribal Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, 
    and Gathering Rights of the Siletz Tribe and its Members' and 
    entered into by the United States on April 22, 1980.
    ``(b) Hunting, Fishing, Trapping, and Animal Gathering 
Agreements.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Siletz Agreement shall remain in effect 
    until and unless replaced, amended, or otherwise modified by 1 or 
    more successor government-to-government agreements between the 
    Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the State of Oregon 
    relating to the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering 
    rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
        ``(2) Amendments.--The Siletz Agreement or any successor 
    agreement entered into under paragraph (1) may be amended from time 
    to time by mutual consent of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz 
    Indians and the State of Oregon.
        ``(3) Contents of new agreement or amendments.--The Siletz 
    Agreement or any successor agreement entered into under paragraph 
    (1) shall not provide for exclusive or primary Siletz take 
    opportunity outside the exterior boundaries of the 1855 Executive 
    Order Siletz Coast Reservation (as described in section 7(f)(1)(A) 
    of the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act (Public Law 95-195; 91 
    Stat. 1418; 130 Stat. 1364)) relative to any other federally 
    recognized Indian Tribe, and shall not provide for new or expanded 
    take of fishery resources in the Columbia River or in the 
    Willamette River from its mouth to the top of Willamette Falls.
    ``(c) Judicial Review.--In any action brought in the United States 
District Court for the District of Oregon to rescind, overturn, modify, 
or provide relief under Federal law from the Consent Decree, the United 
States District Court for the District of Oregon shall review the 
application of the parties on the merits without regard to the defense 
of res judicata or collateral estoppel.
    ``(d) Effect.--Nothing in this section enlarges, confirms, 
adjudicates, affects, or modifies any treaty or other right of an 
Indian Tribe.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.