S 1286 United States Senate · 118th Congress

A bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering activities of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.

This bill amends the Siletz Reservation Act to clarify and preserve the 1980 Siletz Agreement governing hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering rights for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. It states the agreement remains in effect until replaced by new government-to-government agreements between the Tribes and Oregon, but prohibits new agreements from granting exclusive rights outside the 1855 reservation boundaries or expanding fishing in the Columbia or Willamette Rivers. The bill also requires courts to review challenges to the 1980 Consent Decree on the merits, without considering legal defenses like res judicata. This directly affects the Tribes' management of resource rights and Oregon's state regulatory role.
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Apr 2023
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Introduced Apr 25, 2023 Last action Jul 19, 2023
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Jul 19, 2023
Senate · Reported by committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 25, 2023
Senate · Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Apr 25, 2023
Senate · Introduced
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