US Congress Senate Bill 402 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1014)
Pending: Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Siletz Tribe additional lands that lie within the original 1855 Siletz Coast Reservation and are located in Benton, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, or Yamhill County in Oregon. Requires such land to be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the Tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require the Secretary to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.) Prohibits gaming on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.

A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.

Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1014)
2013-02-28	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1013-1014)

HB931 (Same As) 2014-02-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.
HB5701 (Related) 2014-12-10 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/402/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s402/BILLS-113s402is.pdf