S. 817: A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
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S. 817: A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-19 · Native Americans · Latest: Became Public Law No: 114-262.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-19 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 114-262. (final step reached)
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Siletz Tribe Indian Restoration Act to authorize the Department 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, and Yamhill counties in Oregon. Such land must be considered and evaluated as an on-reservation acquisition and become part of the tribe's reservation. (Off-reservation land acquisition requests require Interior to give greater scrutiny to the tribe's justification of the anticipated benefits from the acquisition.) Gaming is prohibited on lands taken into trust pursuant to this Act.
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Official text
A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · 1 cosponsors
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Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] reported raising $1.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s817.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s817 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114