To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Dec 26, 2023 Became Public Law No: 118-33.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2023
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2023
- To the PresidentDec 26, 2023
- Became lawDec 26, 2023Public Law 118-33
Summary
This act provides a process by which the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Oregon may negotiate to amend or replace the existing agreement defining the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights.
The current agreement, which was made effective by a May 2, 1980, consent decree by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, serves as the exclusive and final determination of the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering rights. This act instead allows an April 22, 1980, agreement between the United States, Oregon, and the tribe (known as the Siletz Agreement) to define the tribe's rights until and unless it is amended or replaced upon mutual agreement of the tribe and Oregon (with specified limitations regarding a new agreement).
The act allows the tribe and Oregon to return to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to request the modification or termination of the May 2, 1980, consent decree.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 25, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Apr 25, 2023 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 25, 2023 |
| R-OR | Lori Chavez-DeRemer | Original | Apr 25, 2023 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Apr 25, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2023Discharged Jul 19, 2023Markup Jul 19, 2023Reported Dec 6, 2023 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2023Hearings Jun 7, 2023Discharged Jul 19, 2023 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 26, 2023Presented to President.
- Dec 26, 2023Signed by President.
- Dec 26, 2023Became Public Law No: 118-33.
- Dec 20, 2023Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 19, 2023Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6061)
- Dec 12, 2023Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Dec 11, 2023Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 11, 2023Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6749-6750)
- Dec 11, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2839.
- Dec 11, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6749-6750)
- Dec 11, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 6, 2023Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-300.
- Dec 6, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 243.
- Jul 19, 2023Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged.
- Jul 19, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 19, 2023Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 7, 2023Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 22, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
- Apr 25, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6061 | Jeff Merkley D-OR | Dec 19, 2023 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6749–H6751Text printed H6749 | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Val T. Hoyle D-OR | Dec 11, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 20, 2023H.R. 2839, a bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 19, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 69, April 25, 2023, page H1949.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34619 | Use of the Capitol Rotunda, Capitol Grounds, and Emancipation Hall: Concurrent Resolutions, 101st to 119th Congresses | Report | Feb 6, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1286 | A bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering activities of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes. | Identical bill | Jul 19, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 12, 2023Received in Senate
- Dec 11, 2023Engrossed in House
- Dec 6, 2023Reported in House
- Apr 25, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
