‘‘(II) is important to an Indian 
Tribe for the undertaking of religious, 
cultural, spiritual, or traditional prac-
tices; 
‘‘(III) is connected through fea-
tures or ceremonies to other sites or a 
larger sacred landscape, as deter-
mined by an Indian Tribe; or 
‘‘(IV) contains unique or impor-
tant traditional Tribal food, medicinal, 
or material gathering areas. 
‘‘(B) FORMER
RESERVATION.—The term 
‘former reservation’ means land that is within 
the exterior boundaries of any previous reserva-
tion that was established by treaty, Executive 
order, or Secretarial order for an Indian Tribe. 
‘‘(C) INDIAN
TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian 
Tribe’ means the governing body of any Indian 
or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, 
village, community, component band, or compo-
nent reservation individually identified (includ-
ing parenthetically) on the list published by the 
Secretary under section 104 of the Federally 
Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 
U.S.C. 5131). 
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‘‘(D) INTERESTED
INDIAN
TRIBE.—The 
term ‘interested Indian Tribe’, with respect to 
the public lands within an area for which an ad-
visory council is established under this section, 
means an Indian Tribe with— 
‘‘(i) historic, precontact, cultural, or 
religious connection to a cultural site lo-
cated on the public lands; 
‘‘(ii) a former reservation located on 
the public lands; or 
‘‘(iii) treaty rights or other reserved 
rights that can be exercised on the public 
lands. 
‘‘(E) SACRED
SITE.—The term ‘sacred 
site’ means a specific, discrete, narrowly delin-
eated site on public lands that is identified by 
an Indian Tribe as sacred by virtue of the es-
tablished religious significance of the site to, or 
ceremonial or medicinal use of the site by, an 
Indian Tribe. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary’’; and 
(3) in subsection (a), in paragraph (3) (as so 
designated), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) INTERESTED
INDIAN
TRIBES.—At 
least 1 member of each advisory council estab-
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lished under this section shall be a representa-
tive of an interested Indian Tribe.’’. 
(d) IMPROVED PLANNING.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF NA-
TIONAL
FORESTS.—Section 3 of the Multiple-Use 
Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16 U.S.C. 530) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and others’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
interested Indian Tribes, and others’’. 
(2) DEFINITION OF INDIAN TRIBE.—Section 4 
of the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16 
U.S.C. 531) is amended— 
(A) by striking the section designation and 
all that follows through ‘‘means: The’’ in sub-
section (a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 
means the governing body of any Indian or Alaska 
Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, commu-
nity, component band, or component reservation in-
dividually identified (including parenthetically) on 
the list published by the Secretary of the Interior 
under section 104 of the Federally Recognized In-
dian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 
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‘‘(2) MULTIPLE USE.—The term ‘multiple use’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A) (as so des-
ignated), by striking ‘‘making the most’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) making the most’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B) (as so des-
ignated), by striking ‘‘that some land’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) that some land’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2)(C) (as so des-
ignated), by striking ‘‘harmonious’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(D) harmonious’’; and 
(E) in subsection (b), by striking the sub-
section designation and all that follows through 
‘‘means the achievement’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) SUSTAINED
YIELD
OF
THE
SEVERAL 
PRODUCTS
AND
SERVICES.—The term ‘sustained 
yield of the several products and services’ means the 
achievement’’. 
(e) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND
AND RE-
SOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—Section 6(a) of the For-
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est and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘State 
and local governments’’ and inserting ‘‘State, Tribal, and 
local governments’’. 
(f) INFORMATION
AND DATA.—Section 12 of the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1610) is amended, in the first sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘Federal, State, and private organiza-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal, State, Tribal, and private 
organizations’’. 
(g) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—Section 14(a) of the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1612(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Fed-
eral, State, and local governments’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral, State, Tribal, and local governments’’. 
(h) ADVISORY BOARDS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 
IN THE PLANNING FOR AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NA-
TIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—Section 14(b) of the Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1612(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b) In providing’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(b) ADVISORY BOARDS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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‘‘(A) CULTURAL SITE.—The term ‘cultural 
site’ means— 
‘‘(i) a sacred site; 
‘‘(ii) a historic property (as defined in 
section 800.16 of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of en-
actment of the Advancing Tribal Parity on 
Public Land Act)); or 
‘‘(iii) a landform or landscape that— 
‘‘(I) is the site of important cus-
toms, practices, objects, places, reli-
gions, or ceremonies of Indian Tribes; 
‘‘(II) is important to an Indian 
Tribe for the undertaking of religious, 
cultural, spiritual, or traditional prac-
tices; 
‘‘(III) is connected through fea-
tures or ceremonies to other sites or a 
larger sacred landscape, as deter-
mined by an Indian Tribe; or 
‘‘(IV) contains unique or impor-
tant traditional Tribal food, medicinal, 
or material gathering areas. 
‘‘(B) FORMER
RESERVATION.—The term 
‘former reservation’ means land that is within 
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the exterior boundaries of any previous reserva-
tion that was established by treaty, Executive 
order, or Secretarial order for an Indian Tribe. 
‘‘(C) INDIAN
TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian 
Tribe’ means the governing body of any Indian 
or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, 
village, community, component band, or compo-
nent reservation individually identified (includ-
ing parenthetically) on the list published by the 
Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of 
the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act 
of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 
‘‘(D) INTERESTED
INDIAN
TRIBE.—The 
term ‘interested Indian Tribe’, with respect to 
National Forest System land, means an Indian 
Tribe with— 
‘‘(i) historic, precontact, cultural, or 
religious connection to a cultural site lo-
cated on the National Forest System land; 
‘‘(ii) a former reservation located on 
the National Forest System land; or 
‘‘(iii) treaty rights or other reserved 
rights that can be exercised on the Na-
tional Forest System land. 
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‘‘(E) SACRED
SITE.—The term ‘sacred 
site’ means a specific, discrete, narrowly delin-
eated site on National Forest System land that 
is identified by an Indian Tribe as sacred by 
virtue of the established religious significance of 
the site to, or ceremonial or medicinal use of 
the site by, an Indian Tribe. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—In providing’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), in the 
second sentence, by striking ‘‘The membership of 
such boards’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The membership of 
each advisory board established under para-
graph (2)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3) (as so designated), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) INTERESTED
INDIAN
TRIBES.—At 
least 1 member of each advisory board estab-
lished under paragraph (2) shall be a represent-
ative of an interested Indian Tribe.’’. 
SEC. 4. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, at the request of the applicable Indian Tribe 
or Tribal government, any Tribal consultation meeting 
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held for the purpose of carrying out this Act or an amend-
ment made by this Act shall be closed to the public. 
(b) SENSITIVE INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, if, during a Tribal consultation 
process conducted for the purpose of carrying out 
this Act or an amendment made by this Act, the ap-
plicable Indian Tribe or Tribal government des-
ignates any information, such as the location of a 
sacred site or other detail of a cultural or religious 
practice, as sensitive, that information shall be pro-
tected by law as confidential and withheld from any 
public disclosure or publication made as part of the 
Tribal consultation process or in the process of car-
rying out this Act or an amendment made by this 
Act. 
(2) ACCESS.—If information has been des-
ignated as sensitive under paragraph (1), the appli-
cable agency shall determine, in consultation with 
the applicable Indian Tribe or Tribal government, 
who may have access to the information for the pur-
poses of carrying out this Act or an amendment 
made by this Act. 
Æ 
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