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. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Forest Protec3 tion Act Amendments Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRIBAL FOREST PROTECTION ACT OF 2004 AMEND5 MENTS. 

6 Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 

7 (25 U.S.C. 3115a) is amended— 

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

9 and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) INDIAN FOREST LAND OR RANGELAND.— 

11 The term ‘Indian forest land or rangeland’ means— 

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

13 a restriction against alienation by, the United 

14 States for an Indian tribe or a member of an 

15 Indian tribe, and— 

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

17 in section 304 of the National Indian For18 est Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 

19 3103)); 

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

21 any similar vegetation; or 

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

23 vegetative cover that is capable of restora24 tion; and 

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

26 and held by an Alaska Native Corporation pur-
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1 suant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

2 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

5 ‘‘OR RESTORE’’ after ‘‘PROTECT’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to pro7 tect Indian forest land or rangeland’’ and all 

8 that follows through ‘‘Indian forest land or 

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

10 Indian forest land or rangeland, or to carry out 

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

12 and 

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

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

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

16 Indian forest land or rangeland.’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

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

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

21 matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that fol22 lows through ‘‘Indian tribe—’’ in the matter 

23 preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) 

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

25 whether— 
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1 ‘‘(1) the Federal land has a special geographic, 

2 historical, or cultural significance to the Indian tribe 

3 and—’’; 

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

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

6 clause (i) and inserting the following: 

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

8 or’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘or watershed’’ after ‘‘land’’; 

11 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

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

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

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

15 and 

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

17 by striking ‘‘Forest Service or Bureau of Land 

18 Management’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal’’; 

19 (4) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘date of en20 actment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘date of enact21 ment of the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amend22 ments Act of 2024’’; and 

23 (5) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

3 $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.