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S 643119th CongressIntroduced
A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, and for other purposes.
Introduced: Oct 29, 2025
Civil Rights & Justice
Standard Summary
Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs
The bill amends the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to redefine hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, ensuring state-tribal agreements do not alter tribal sovereign rights while deriving new permissions solely from Oregon state authority.
Key Points
- 1The existing Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement remains valid until replaced by a new government-to-government agreement between the Tribe and Oregon.
- 2Successor agreements cannot affirm, recognize, establish, expand, adjudicate, waive, limit, abrogate, or affect any tribal rights including treaty or sovereign claims.
- 3All hunting and fishing rights under future agreements must derive exclusively from Oregon state authority rather than federal or treaty-based rights.
Impact Areas
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community members' resource accessOregon state natural resource management and regulatory frameworksLegal precedents for other Indian Tribes' treaty rights and sovereignty
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