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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4370 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4370

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                                 AN ACT

 
To amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to improve that Act, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Forest Protection Act 
Amendments Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. TRIBAL FOREST PROTECTION ACT OF 2004 AMENDMENTS.

    Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 
3115a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Indian forest land or rangeland.--The term `Indian 
        forest land or rangeland' means--
                    ``(A) land that is held in trust by, or with a 
                restriction against alienation by, the United States 
                for an Indian tribe or a member of an Indian tribe, 
                and--
                            ``(i) is Indian forest land (as defined in 
                        section 304 of the National Indian Forest 
                        Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3103));
                            ``(ii) has a cover of grasses, brush, or 
                        any similar vegetation; or
                            ``(iii) formerly had a forest cover or 
                        vegetative cover that is capable of 
                        restoration; and
                    ``(B) land that is in the State of Alaska and held 
                by an Alaska Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska 
                Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
                seq.).'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``or 
                Restore'' after ``Protect'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to protect 
                Indian forest land or rangeland'' and all that follows 
                through ``Indian forest land or rangeland)'' and 
                inserting ``to protect or restore Indian forest land or 
                rangeland, or to carry out a project to protect or 
                restore Federal land''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``that is--'' and 
                all that follows through the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (B) and inserting ``or Indian forest land 
                or rangeland.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``for 
                Federal Land'' after ``Criteria'';
                    (B) by striking ``an Indian tribe,'' in the matter 
                preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through 
                ``Indian tribe--'' in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                (A) of paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
                ``Federal land, are whether--
            ``(1) the Federal land has a special geographic, 
        historical, or cultural significance to the Indian tribe and--
        '';
                    (C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause 
                        (i) and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) Indian forest land or rangeland; 
                        or''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or 
                        watershed'' after ``land'';
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
                paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;
                    (E) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``subject'' and inserting ``Federal''; and
                    (F) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``Forest Service or Bureau of Land 
                Management'' and inserting ``Federal'';
            (4) in subsection (g), by striking ``date of enactment of 
        this Act'' and inserting ``date of enactment of the Tribal 
        Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2030.''.

            Passed the Senate December 12, 2024.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4370

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to improve that Act, 
                        and for other purposes.
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