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Federal Land Taken Into Trust for Grand Ronde Tribe
Transfers about 18,628 acres of federal forest land into trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, making it part of the Grand Ronde Reservation and subject to tribal trust land laws.
- Population Scope Low Directly benefits the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, a single federally recognized tribe representing a small fraction of the U.S. population.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized or appropriated; the provision effects a legal status change transferring existing federal land rather than any budgetary action.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a new statutory trust obligation binding the United States to hold 18,628 acres for Grand Ronde in perpetuity, adding that land to the reservation and subjecting it to tribal trust land law — a new enforceable entitlement with permanent sovereign consequences.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Low The trust transfer is self-executing by statute with mandatory 'shall' language; the Secretary of the Interior (DOI) has no discretion over whether to take the land into trust, only ministerial duties like completing a survey.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low Imposes no new enforcement infrastructure; the legal status change is self-executing, with the only administrative obligation being a boundary survey within two years.
- Temporal Commitment High Trust status for the land persists indefinitely until Congress affirmatively acts to alter it, and the land becomes a permanent part of the Grand Ronde Reservation with no scheduled review or expiry.
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Administrative Access and Right-of-Way Agreements
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter an administrative access agreement with Grand Ronde within 180 days and provide all existing right-of-way agreements, with the tribe obligated to continue that access in perpetuity. Bans Class II and Class III tribal gaming on the newly transferred trust land and requires federal log export restrictions to apply to any unprocessed logs harvested from that land. Keeps the transferred land open to the public for hunting, fishing, and recreation after it enters trust status, while requiring all forest management activities to follow federal and tribal law.
- Population Scope Low Directly binds the Secretary of the Interior (DOI) and Grand Ronde as parties to required agreements, with secondary effect on members of the public who use the land for hunting, fishing, and recreation — a narrow, geographically limited set.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized or appropriated; the provision creates administrative and access obligations rather than any budgetary action.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth Medium Imposes binding procedural duties on agency and tribal conduct — a 180-day agreement deadline, perpetual access continuation, a gaming prohibition, log export restrictions, and public access and forest management requirements — constraining existing discretion rather than restructuring substantive law.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Medium Grand Ronde retains discretion to restrict or regulate public access for safety, administration, wildlife management, or emergencies, while the Secretary of the Interior's agreement obligations are mandatory and non-discretionary.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden Medium Requires ongoing compliance monitoring across multiple obligations — perpetual access continuity, a gaming prohibition, log export rule adherence, and forest management under dual federal-tribal law — creating recurring case-by-case administrative oversight without new penalty mechanisms.
- Temporal Commitment High The perpetual access obligation and gaming prohibition bind Grand Ronde and future Congresses indefinitely, with no sunset, review requirement, or expiry.
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Summary
This bill would transfer about 18,628 acres of National Forest land in Oregon into federal trust status for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (Grand Ronde). Once held in trust, the land becomes part of the Grand Ronde Reservation and is managed under laws governing tribal trust lands. The land stays open to the public for hunting, fishing, and recreation, but cannot be used for tribal gaming.
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Core Policy Mechanism Top 2
Federal Land Taken Into Trust for Grand Ronde Tribe
Transfers about 18,628 acres of federal forest land into trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, making it part of the Grand Ronde Reservation and subject to tribal trust land laws.
- Population Scope Low Directly benefits the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, a single federally recognized tribe representing a small fraction of the U.S. population.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized or appropriated; the provision effects a legal status change transferring existing federal land rather than any budgetary action.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a new statutory trust obligation binding the United States to hold 18,628 acres for Grand Ronde in perpetuity, adding that land to the reservation and subjecting it to tribal trust land law — a new enforceable entitlement with permanent sovereign consequences.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Low The trust transfer is self-executing by statute with mandatory 'shall' language; the Secretary of the Interior (DOI) has no discretion over whether to take the land into trust, only ministerial duties like completing a survey.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden Low Imposes no new enforcement infrastructure; the legal status change is self-executing, with the only administrative obligation being a boundary survey within two years.
- Temporal Commitment High Trust status for the land persists indefinitely until Congress affirmatively acts to alter it, and the land becomes a permanent part of the Grand Ronde Reservation with no scheduled review or expiry.
No signal yet
Core Policy Mechanism
Federal Land Taken Into Trust for Grand Ronde Tribe
Implementation & Enforcement Top 2
Administrative Access and Right-of-Way Agreements
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter an administrative access agreement with Grand Ronde within 180 days and provide all existing right-of-way agreements, with the tribe obligated to continue that access in perpetuity. Bans Class II and Class III tribal gaming on the newly transferred trust land and requires federal log export restrictions to apply to any unprocessed logs harvested from that land. Keeps the transferred land open to the public for hunting, fishing, and recreation after it enters trust status, while requiring all forest management activities to follow federal and tribal law.
- Population Scope Low Directly binds the Secretary of the Interior (DOI) and Grand Ronde as parties to required agreements, with secondary effect on members of the public who use the land for hunting, fishing, and recreation — a narrow, geographically limited set.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized or appropriated; the provision creates administrative and access obligations rather than any budgetary action.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth Medium Imposes binding procedural duties on agency and tribal conduct — a 180-day agreement deadline, perpetual access continuation, a gaming prohibition, log export restrictions, and public access and forest management requirements — constraining existing discretion rather than restructuring substantive law.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Medium Grand Ronde retains discretion to restrict or regulate public access for safety, administration, wildlife management, or emergencies, while the Secretary of the Interior's agreement obligations are mandatory and non-discretionary.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden Medium Requires ongoing compliance monitoring across multiple obligations — perpetual access continuity, a gaming prohibition, log export rule adherence, and forest management under dual federal-tribal law — creating recurring case-by-case administrative oversight without new penalty mechanisms.
- Temporal Commitment High The perpetual access obligation and gaming prohibition bind Grand Ronde and future Congresses indefinitely, with no sunset, review requirement, or expiry.
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Implementation & Enforcement
Administrative Access and Right-of-Way Agreements
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