# 119-hr-1499: 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.

119-hr-1499, 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., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR); status introduced (as of 2026-06-13).

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- As of: 2026-06-13
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1499
- Congress: 119
- Title: 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.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Native Americans
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-13

## Summary

**Clarifies and constrains how the Grand Ronde Tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering rights are treated in future state agreements.** The bill would define key terms and keep the existing Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement in effect until a government-to-government successor is reached by mutual consent. - Grand Ronde members: Would prevent any successor or amended agreement from altering ancestral, treaty, statutory, or equitable rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. - State of Oregon: Would allow the State to enter successor or separate agreements with tribes but says any rights in a successor agreement would derive solely from the State's authority. - Other Indian Tribes: Would bar using a successor or amended agreement in civil or criminal court to enlarge, confirm, adjudicate, affect, or modify any tribe's treaty or other rights. - Federal courts and litigants: Would require the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to review on the merits actions seeking to rescind, overturn, modify, or obtain federal relief from the Consent Decree without regard to res judicata or collateral estoppel.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Court review and key Grand Ronde definitions: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would define key terms. It would define the 1987 federal Consent Decree and the 1986 Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement, and use the federal meaning of "Indian Tribe." It would also require the U.S. District Court in Oregon to hear any case to undo or change the Consent…
- New rules for Grand Ronde hunting agreements: mixed, low. If enacted, the current Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement would stay in place until the Tribe and Oregon sign a new agreement. They could amend or replace it by mutual consent. Any new or amended agreement could not change or be used to change treaty, ancestral, or other tribal rights. It w…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1499 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1499)

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- [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1499 (as of 2026-06-13).