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S 643 · in committee · niche

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.

What this bill does

  • Allows the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Oregon to negotiate changes to their hunting, fishing, and trapping rights agreement.
  • Affects the tribe's ability to hunt, fish, trap, and gather animals on and around the Grand Ronde Reservation.
  • Enables the tribe and Oregon to jointly request court modification of a 1987 consent decree governing these rights.

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  1. 01

    How would allowing the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde to renegotiate their hunting and fishing rights affect wildlife management decisions currently made by Oregon?

  2. 02

    What specific changes to the 1987 consent decree are the tribe and Oregon seeking, and how might those changes impact non-tribal hunters and fishers in the region?

  3. 03

    What evidence or events have prompted the tribe and state to seek modification of an agreement that has been in place for over three decades?

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Jeff Merkley

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Introduced 2025-02-20

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-20 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

  2. 2025-02-20 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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