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Calendar No. 574 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4370 

[Report No. 118–249] 

To amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to improve that Act, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2024 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Indian Affairs 

NOVEMBER 20, 2024 

Reported by Mr. SCHATZ, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to 

improve that Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Forest Protec5 tion Act Amendments Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRIBAL FOREST PROTECTION ACT OF 2004 AMEND2 MENTS. 

3 Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 

4 (25 U.S.C. 3115a) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end and in7 serting ‘‘or’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘(A) is held’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘(A) (i) is held’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(ii) is in the State of Alaska and held by 

12 an Alaska Native Corporation pursuant to the 

13 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

14 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and’’; 

15 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2) 

16 and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(2) INDIAN FOREST LAND OR RANGELAND.—The 

18 term ‘Indian forest land or rangeland’ means— 

19 ‘‘(A) land that is held in trust by, or with 

20 a restriction against alienation by, the United 

21 States for an Indian tribe or a member of an In22 dian tribe, and— 

23 ‘‘(i) is Indian forest land (as defined 

24 in section 304 of the National Indian Forest 

25 Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 

26 3103)); 


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1 ‘‘(ii) has a cover of grasses, brush, or 

2 any similar vegetation; or 

3 ‘‘(iii) formerly had a forest cover or 

4 vegetative cover that is capable of restora5 tion; and 

6 ‘‘(B) land that is in the State of Alaska and 

7 held by an Alaska Native Corporation pursuant 

8 to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

9 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

12 ‘‘OR RESTORE’’ after ‘‘PROTECT’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to pro14 tect Indian forest land or rangeland’’ and all 

15 that follows through ‘‘Indian forest land or 

16 rangeland)’’ and inserting ‘‘to protect or restore 

17 Indian forest land or rangeland, or to carry out 

18 a project to protect or restore Federal land’’; 

19 and 

20 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘that 

21 is—’’ and all that follows through the period at 

22 the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘or 

23 Indian forest land or rangeland.’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

2 ‘‘FOR FEDERAL LAND’’ after ‘‘CRITERIA’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘an Indian tribe,’’ in the 

4 matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that fol5 lows through ‘‘Indian tribe—’’ in the matter 

6 preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) 

7 and inserting the following: ‘‘Federal land, are 

8 whether— 

9 ‘‘(1) the Federal land has a special geographic, 

10 historical, or cultural significance to the Indian tribe 

11 and—’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

14 clause (i) and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(i) Indian forest land or rangeland; 

16 or’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

18 ‘‘or watershed’’ after ‘‘land’’; 

19 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

20 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 

21 (E) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), 

22 by striking ‘‘subject’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal’’; 

23 and 


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1 (F) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), 

2 by striking ‘‘Forest Service or Bureau of Land 

3 Management’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘date of en5 actment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘date of enact6 ment of the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amend7 ments Act of 2024’’; and 

8 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

11 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030.’’. 


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Calendar No. 574 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4370 

[Report No. 118–249] 

A BILL 

To amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 

to improve that Act, and for other purposes. 

NOVEMBER 20, 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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