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.
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.R. 1499 rewrites the Grand Ronde Reservation Act section addressing hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering. It defines the 1987 federal consent decree and the 1986 Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement among Oregon, the United States, and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community. The bill states that the agreement remains in effect unless and until it is replaced, amended, or otherwise modified by one or more successor government-to-government agreements between the Tribe and the State of Oregon. The practical effect is to stabilize Grand Ronde members' treaty-adjacent resource rights and make future changes depend on formal government-to-government agreement.
Who Benefits and How
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community members benefit because existing hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights remain in force. Grand Ronde tribal government benefits because future changes must proceed through government-to-government agreements. Tribal natural resource managers benefit from clearer statutory recognition of the 1986 agreement and 1987 consent decree. Oregon agencies benefit from a defined framework for negotiating any successor resource-rights agreements.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The State of Oregon must negotiate formally with the Tribe to replace, amend, or modify the agreement. Federal land and wildlife agencies must respect the continuing agreement when administering affected resources. Nontribal hunters and fishers may face continued allocation limits tied to protected Grand Ronde rights. State wildlife managers must coordinate enforcement and resource planning around the agreement.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Grand Ronde Reservation Act's hunting and fishing rights section.
- Defines the 1986 Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement and 1987 federal consent decree.
- Provides that the agreement remains in effect until changed by successor government-to-government agreements.
- Protects hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Tribe and its members.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends the Grand Ronde Reservation Act so the 1986 Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement remains in force unless replaced, amended, or modified by successor government-to-government agreements with Oregon.
Key Policy Areas
Tribal Affairs, Natural Resources, Treaty Rights
Primary Purpose
Amends the Grand Ronde Reservation Act so the 1986 Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement remains in force unless replaced, amended, or modified by successor government-to-government agreements with Oregon.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Grand Ronde tribal members
- Grand Ronde tribal government
- Tribal natural resource managers
- Oregon agencies
Identified Costs
- State of Oregon
- Federal land agencies
- Nontribal hunters
- State wildlife managers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Salinas (for herself, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Bonamici, and Ms. …
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Grand Ronde tribal government, Grand Ronde tribal members, State of Oregon
Positive-direction: Grand Ronde tribal members
Negative-direction: State of Oregon, State wildlife managers
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