(A) preparation of soil and range inven-
tories, farmland and rangeland management
plans, and monitoring programs to evaluate
management plans;
(B) agricultural lands and on-farm irriga-
tion delivery system development, and the appli-
cation of state of the art, soil and range con-
servation management techniques to restore
and ensure the productive potential of Indian
lands;
(C) protection against agricultural pests,
including development, implementation, and
evaluation of integrated pest management pro-
grams to control noxious weeds, undesirable
vegetation, and vertebrate or invertebrate agri-
cultural pests;
(D) administration and supervision of agri-
cultural leasing and permitting activities, in-
cluding determination of proper land use, carry-
ing capacities, and proper stocking rates of live-
stock, appraisal, advertisement, negotiation,
contract preparation, collecting, recording, and
distributing lease rental receipts;
(E) technical assistance to individuals and
tribes engaged in agricultural production or
agribusiness; and
(F) educational assistance in agriculture,
natural resources, land management and relat-
ed fields of study, including direct assistance to
tribally-controlled community colleges in devel-
oping and implementing curriculum for voca-
tional, technical, and professional course work.
(13) The term ‘‘Indian landowner’’ means the
Indian or Indian tribe that—
(A) owns such Indian land, or
(B) is the beneficiary of the trust under
which such Indian land is held by the United
States.
(14) The term ‘‘rangeland’’ means Indian land,
excluding Indian forest land, on which the native
vegetation is predominantly grasses, grass-like
plants, forbs, half-shrubs or shrubs suitable for graz-
ing or browsing use, and includes lands revegetated
naturally or artificially to provide a forage cover that
is managed as native vegetation.
(15) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
TITLE I—RANGELAND AND
FARMLAND ENHANCEMENT
SEC. 101. MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN RANGELANDS AND
FARMLANDS.
(a) MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES.—Consistent with
the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act, the Secretary shall provide for the
management of Indian agricultural lands to achieve the
following objectives:
(1) To protect, conserve, utilize, and maintain
the highest productive potential on Indian agricul-
tural lands through the application of sound con-
servation practices and techniques. These practices
and techniques shall be applied to planning, develop-
ment, inventorying, classification, and management
of agricultural resources;
(2) To increase production and expand the di-
versity and availability of agricultural products for
subsistence, income, and employment of Indians and
Alaska Natives, through the development of agricul-
tural resources on Indian lands;
(3) To manage agricultural resources consistent
with integrated resource management plans in order
to protect and maintain other values such as wild-
life, fisheries, cultural resources, recreation and to
regulate water runoff and minimize soil erosion;
(4) To enable Indian farmers and ranchers to
maximize the potential benefits available to them
through their land by providing technical assistance,
training, and education in conservation practices,
management and economics of agribusiness, sources
and use of credit and marketing of agricultural
products, and other applicable subject areas;
(5) To develop Indian agricultural lands and as-
sociated value-added industries of Indians and In-
dian tribes to promote self-sustaining communities;
and
(6) To assist trust and restricted Indian land-
owners in leasing their agricultural lands for a rea-
sonable annual return, consistent with prudent man-
agement and conservation practices, and community
goals as expressed in the tribal management plans
and appropriate tribal ordinances.
(b) INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGE-
MENT PLANNING PROGRAM.—(1) To meet the manage-
ment objectives of this section, a 10-year Indian agri-
culture resource management and monitoring plan shall
be developed and implemented as follows:
(A) Pursuant to a self-determination contract
or self-governance compact, an Indian tribe may de-
velop or implement an Indian agriculture resource
plan. Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (C),
the tribe shall have broad discretion in designing
and carrying out the planning process.
(B) If a tribe chooses not to contract the devel-
opment or implementation of the plan, the Secretary
shall develop or implement, as appropriate, the plan
in close consultation with the affected tribe.
(C) Whether developed directly by the tribe or
by the Secretary, the plan shall—
(i) determine available agriculture re-
sources;
(ii) identify specific tribal agricultural re-
source goals and objectives;
(iii) establish management objectives for
the resources;
(iv) define critical values of the Indian
tribe and its members and provide identified ho-
listic management objectives;
(v) identify actions to be taken to reach es-
tablished objectives;
(vi) be developed through public meetings;
(vii) use the public meeting records, exist-
ing survey documents, reports, and other re-
search from Federal agencies, tribal community
colleges, and lands grant universities; and
(viii) be completed within three years of
the initiation of activity to establish the plan.
(2) Indian agriculture resource management plans
developed and approved under this section shall govern the
management and administration of Indian agricultural re-
sources and Indian agricultural lands by the Bureau and
the Indian tribal government.
SEC. 102. INDIAN PARTICIPATION IN LAND MANAGEMENT
ACTIVITIES.
(a) TRIBAL RECOGNITION.—The Secretary shall con-
duct all land management activities on Indian agricultural
land in accordance with goals and objectives set forth in
the approved agricultural resource management plan, in
an integrated resource management plan, and in accord-
ance with all tribal laws and ordinances, except in specific
instances where such compliance would be contrary to the
trust responsibility of the United States.
(b) TRIBAL LAWS.—Unless otherwise prohibited by
Federal law, the Secretary shall comply with tribal laws
and ordinances pertaining to Indian agricultural lands, in-
cluding laws regulating the environment and historic or
enter into an agricultural lease of the surface interest of
his or her allotment under any other provision of law.
(2)(A) The owners of a majority interest in any trust
or restricted land are authorized to enter into an agricul-
tural lease of the surface interest of a trust or restricted
allotment, and such lease shall be binding upon the owners
of the minority interests in such land if the terms of the
lease provide such minority interests with not less than
fair market value for such land.
(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), a major-
ity interest in trust or restricted land is an interest greater
than 50 percent of the legal or beneficial title.
(3) The provisions of subsection (b) shall not apply
to a parcel of trust or restricted land if the owners of at
least 50 percent of the legal or beneficial interest in such
land file with the Secretary a written objection to the ap-
plication of all or any part of such tribal rules to the leas-
ing of such parcel of land.
TITLE II—EDUCATION IN
AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT
SEC. 201. INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AGRICULTURE MAN-
AGEMENT 
EDUCATION 
ASSISTANCE 
PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) AGRICULTURAL
RESOURCES
INTERN
PRO-
GRAM.—(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 5,