Bill > HR1306

This bill, the Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act, has several key provisions: 1. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to hold in trust for the benefit of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians approximately 17,519 acres of land known as the Council Creek land, and for the benefit of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians approximately 14,742 acres of land known as the Oregon Coastal land. 2. It requires the Secretary to complete surveys to establish the boundaries of the lands taken into trust, and provides that the lands will become part of the respective tribes' reservations. 3. It prohibits the lands from being used for gaming activities, and applies federal laws regarding the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any logs harvested from the trust lands. 4. It directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with the tribes to secure existing administrative access and provide for continued access and management of the trust lands. 5. It requires the Secretary to identify and reclassify certain public domain land in Oregon as Oregon and California Railroad grant land to replace the trust lands. 6. It amends the Coquille Restoration Act to require that sales of timber from the Coquille Forest be conducted through competitive bidding.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Government Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1306/all-info