[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 217 (Sunday, December 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7866-S7867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                AMENDING THE GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT

  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate 
consideration of Calendar No. 627, S. 2716.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2716) to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, 
     and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs, with an 
amendment as follows:
  (The part of the bill intended to be stricken is shown in boldface 
brackets and the part of the bill intended to be inserted is shown in 
italics.

                                S. 2716

       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:
       [``(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)).''.]
       ``(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)).
  Mr. BLUNT. I further ask that the committee-reported amendment be 
considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read 
a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 2716), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows

                                S. 2716

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

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     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:
       ``(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)).

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