To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, and for other purposes.

This legislation updates how hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights are set for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community in Oregon. It lets the tribe and the state work together to change or replace the existing rules. Until both sides agree on something new, the 1986 Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement stays in place . It also lets the tribe and Oregon ask a federal court to change or end a 1987 court order that had locked in the earlier rules, and the court can review the request even though there was a past decision .

Any new or updated agreement cannot change treaty or other rights of this tribe or any other tribe, cannot stop Oregon from making separate agreements with other tribes, and cannot be used in court to change any tribe’s treaty rights. If a new agreement is made, the tribe’s rights under that agreement come from Oregon’s state authority .

• Who is affected: Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community and the State of Oregon; other tribes are not affected by this change .
• What changes: A clear path to update or replace the current agreement; the option to ask a court to change the 1987 order; protections so other tribal rights are not changed; and confirmation that any new rights under a future agreement come from state authority .
• When: The 1986 agreement remains in place unless and until both the tribe and Oregon agree to new terms.