Enactment of Public Law 115-103, the Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240

http://www.blm.gov/

January 16, 2018

In Reply Refer To:

1753 (620) P

EMS TRANSMISSION 02/28/2018

Information Bulletin 2018-036

To:                            Assistant Directors (200, 300), State Director (OR/WA)

From:                       Assistant Director, Communications

Subject:                   Enactment of Public Law 115-103, the Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act

This Information Bulletin (IB) is to alert all affected BLM personnel to the enactment of Public Law 115-103, the Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act.  The new law contains the following two provisions of interest to the BLM:

1) Cow Creek Umpqua Land Conveyance, Title I. 

2) Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance, Title II.

The text of the new law and the legislative maps it references are attached.  The legislative maps referenced in the new law should be made available to the public, as appropriate, and archived by the BLM Eastern States Office and the Department of the Interior Library pursuant to Permanent Instruction Memorandum (IM) No. 2017-007, “Policies and Procedures for Notification and Implementation of Newly Enacted Federal Laws.”

Also pursuant to Permanent IM No. 2017-007, the BLM Assistant, State, and Center Director(s) receiving this IB are responsible for:

1) Ensuring that the appropriate staff in their organizations receive a copy of the IB and any attachments;

2) Submitting to the BLM Director within 60 days an Implementation Plan that details the steps that will be taken to implement the new law, the timeframes for completing implementation, and any barriers to implementation.  A copy of the Implementation Plan should also be sent to the Assistant Director for Communications.  In this case, the lead for the Implementation Plan is BLM-Oregon/Washington;

3) Developing any necessary policy guidance to ensure compliance with the new law;

4) Carrying out any implementation actions required under the new law; and

5) Complying with any other applicable BLM policies, including Manual 6120, “Congressionally Required Maps and Legal Boundary Descriptions for National Landscape Conservation System Designations.”

For more information about BLM legislative policies and procedures, please contact Patrick Wilkinson, Division Chief for Legislative Affairs, by telephone at: 202-912-7429; or by email at: p2wilkin@blm.gov.

For more information about implementation of the new law, please contact the relevant BLM Assistant, State or Center Director(s) or the Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor.

Signed by:                                                Authenticated by:

Jeff Krauss                                               Robert M. Williams

Acting, Assistant Director                       Division of IT Policy and Planning,WO-870

Communications

3 Attachments 

1 – Public Law 115-103, the Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act (Enrolled Bill) (7 pp)

2 – Map, Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance, May 24, 2016 (1 p)

3 – Map, Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance, July 11, 2016 (1 p)