Sec. 6008. Oregon coastal land
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In this section: The term Confederated Tribes means the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. The term Oregon Coastal land means the approximately 14,742 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map entitled Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance and dated July 11, 2016. Subject to valid existing rights, including rights-of-way, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Oregon Coastal land, including any improvements located on the land, appurtenances to the land, and minerals on or in the land, including oil and gas, shall be— held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Confederated Tribes; and part of the reservation of the Confederated Tribes.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a survey to establish the boundaries of the land taken into trust under paragraph (1). Paragraph
(1)shall take effect on the day after the date on which the Secretary records the agreement entered into under subsection (d)(4)(A). As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of the Oregon Coastal land with— the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical errors in the map or legal description. The map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1)shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Secretary. Unless expressly provided in this section, nothing in this section affects any right or claim of the Confederated Tribes existing on the date of enactment of this Act to any land or interest in land. Federal law (including regulations) relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from Federal land shall apply to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from the Oregon Coastal land taken into trust under subsection (b). Any real property taken into trust under subsection
(b)shall not be eligible, or used, for any gaming activity carried out under Public Law 100–497 ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Any forest management activity that is carried out on the Oregon Coastal land shall be managed in accordance with all applicable Federal laws. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Confederated Tribes that secures existing administrative access by the Secretary to the Oregon Coastal land and that provides for— access for certain activities, including— forest management; timber and rock haul; road maintenance; wildland fire protection and management; cadastral surveys; wildlife, cultural, and other surveys; and law enforcement activities; the management of the Oregon Coastal land that is acquired or developed under chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, consistent with section 200305(f)(3) of that title; and the terms of public vehicular transit across the Oregon Coastal land to and from the Hult Log Storage Reservoir located in T. 15 S., R. 7 W., as generally depicted on the map described in subsection (a)(2), subject to the requirement that if the Bureau of Land Management discontinues maintenance of the public recreation site known as Hult Reservoir , the terms of any agreement in effect on that date that provides for public vehicular transit to and from the Hult Log Storage Reservoir shall be void. On the date on which the agreement is entered into under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide to the Confederated Tribes all reciprocal right-of-way agreements to the Oregon Coastal land in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. Beginning on the date on which the Oregon Coastal land is taken into trust under subsection (b), the Confederated Tribes shall continue the access provided by the reciprocal right-of-way agreements referred to in clause
(i)in perpetuity. Except as provided in paragraph (3), once the Oregon Coastal land is taken into trust under subsection (b), the Oregon Coastal land shall not be subject to the land use planning requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Act of August 28, 1937 ( 43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary shall identify any Oregon and California Railroad grant land that is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Confederated Tribes under subsection (b). Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify public domain land in the State of Oregon that— is approximately equal in acreage and condition as the Oregon and California Railroad grant land identified under paragraph (1); and is located within the 18 western Oregon and California Railroad grant land counties (other than Klamath County, Oregon). Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and publish in the Federal Register 1 or more maps depicting the land identified in paragraphs
(1)and (2). After providing an opportunity for public comment, the Secretary shall reclassify the land identified in paragraph
(2)as Oregon and California Railroad grant land. The Act of August 28, 1937 ( 43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), shall apply to land reclassified as Oregon and California Railroad grant land under subparagraph (A).
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