{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://schrader.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=390696", "Schrader Legislation to Benefit Siletz, Grand Ronde Tribes Passes the House", "2016-12-06", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Kurt Schrader", "S001180", "schrader.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed two bills introduced by Congressman Kurt Schrader and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley that will streamline the fee-to-trust process for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. The bills will provide considerable help to the two tribes in their continued efforts to restore land that was lost during federal policies of allotment and termination of tribal recognition in 1954.\u201cFor the past six years we\u2019ve been working tirelessly to get these bills passed which will provide considerable help to the Siletz and Grand Ronde tribes as they work to restore their historic lands,\u201d said Congressman Schrader. \u201cThe ability of the Tribes to reacquire the land they lost is critical to their self-determination efforts, which in turn will foster more immediate job creation for both Tribal members and the community at large. Streamlining this process will save the Tribes\u2019 time and money which can be better utilized serving its membership and the community. I congratulate both the Siletz and Grand Ronde on this hard fought victory.\u201dCurrently, the process for previously terminated tribes to take land into trust is lengthy, expensive and cumbersome. The legislation passed today will deem any property located within the Siletz or Grand Ronde\u2019s original reservation boundaries as \u201con-reservation\u201d for the purpose of processing acquisitions of property into trust through the Bureau of Indian Affairs process. Once taken into trust, the land can then be deemed part of the Tribe\u2019s reservation.Both the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz and Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde are represented by Congressman Kurt Schrader in Congress.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://schrader.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=390696"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9469981305301189, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}