Bill > HR2839

This bill amends the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. The key provisions are: 1. The Siletz Agreement, which defines the Siletz Tribes' hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering rights, will remain in effect until replaced, amended, or modified by a new government-to-government agreement between the Tribes and the State of Oregon. 2. The new agreement cannot provide the Siletz Tribes with exclusive or primary rights outside the boundaries of the Siletz Coast Reservation, nor can it grant new or expanded fishing rights in the Columbia or Willamette Rivers. 3. In any legal challenges to the Consent Decree that established the Siletz Tribes' rights, the court must review the merits without regard to defenses like res judicata or collateral estoppel. 4. The bill does not enlarge, confirm, adjudicate, affect, or modify any existing treaty or other rights of the Siletz Tribes or any other Indian Tribe.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Government Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2839/all-info