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with the Forest Resource Coordinating Committee established by 
section 19(a). 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give priority for funding 
to States for which the long-term State-wide forest resource strate-
gies submitted under section 2A(a)(2) will best promote the national 
priorities specified in section 2(c).’’. 
SEC. 8008. COMPETITIVE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE 
FOREST INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS. 
The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 is amended 
by inserting after section 13A, as added by section 8006, the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 13B. COMPETITIVE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE 
FOREST INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) 
COOPERATIVE
FOREST
INNOVATION
PARTNERSHIP 
PROJECTS.—The Secretary may competitively allocate not more than 
5 percent of the funds made available under this Act to support 
innovative national, regional, or local education, outreach, or tech-
nology transfer projects that the Secretary determines would 
substantially increase the ability of the Department of Agriculture 
to address the national priorities specified in section 2(c). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding the eligibility limitations 
contained in this Act, any State or local government, Indian tribe, 
land-grant college or university, or private entity shall be eligible 
to compete for funds to be competitively allocated under subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(c) COST-SHARE REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall not cover more than 50 percent of the total 
cost of a project under such subsection. In calculating the total 
cost of a project and contributions made with regard to the project, 
the Secretary shall include in-kind contributions.’’. 
Subtitle B—Cultural and Heritage 
Cooperation Authority 
SEC. 8101. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this subtitle are— 
(1) to authorize the reburial of human remains and cultural 
items on National Forest System land, including human 
remains and cultural items repatriated under the Native Amer-
ican Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 
et seq.); 
(2) to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information 
regarding reburial sites, including the quantity and identity 
of human remains and cultural items on sites and the location 
of sites; 
(3) to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure 
access to National Forest System land, to the maximum extent 
practicable, by Indians and Indian tribes for traditional and 
cultural purposes; 
(4) to authorize the Secretary to provide forest products, 
without consideration, to Indian tribes for traditional and cul-
tural purposes;
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(5) to authorize the Secretary to protect the confidentiality 
of certain information, including information that is culturally 
sensitive to Indian tribes; 
(6) to increase the availability of Forest Service programs 
and resources to Indian tribes in support of the policy of the 
United States to promote tribal sovereignty and self-determina-
tion; and 
(7) to strengthen support for the policy of the United States 
of protecting and preserving the traditional, cultural, and 
ceremonial rites and practices of Indian tribes, in accordance 
with Public Law 95–341 (commonly known as the American 
Indian Religious Freedom Act; 42 U.S.C. 1996). 
SEC. 8102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) ADJACENT SITE.—The term ‘‘adjacent site’’ means a site 
that borders a boundary line of National Forest System land. 
(2) CULTURAL ITEMS.—The term ‘‘cultural items’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 2 of the Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001), except 
that the term does not include human remains. 
(3) HUMAN REMAINS.—The term ‘‘human remains’’ means 
the physical remains of the body of a person of Indian ancestry. 
(4) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means an individual who 
is a member of an Indian tribe. 
(5) INDIAN
TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any 
Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, 
or other community the name of which is included on a list 
published by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 
104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 
(25 U.S.C. 479a–1). 
(6) LINEAL
DESCENDANT.—The term ‘‘lineal descendant’’ 
means an individual that can trace, directly and without 
interruption, the ancestry of the individual through the tradi-
tional kinship system of an Indian tribe, or through the common 
law system of descent, to a known Indian, the human remains, 
funerary objects, or other sacred objects of whom are claimed 
by the individual. 
(7) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘National Forest 
System’’ has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(8) REBURIAL SITE.—The term ‘‘reburial site’’ means a spe-
cific physical location at which cultural items or human remains 
are reburied. 
(9) TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL PURPOSE.—The term ‘‘tradi-
tional and cultural purpose’’, with respect to a definable use, 
area, or practice, means that the use, area, or practice is 
identified by an Indian tribe as traditional or cultural because 
of the long-established significance or ceremonial nature of 
the use, area, or practice to the Indian tribe. 
SEC. 8103. REBURIAL OF HUMAN REMAINS AND CULTURAL ITEMS. 
(a) REBURIAL SITES.—In consultation with an affected Indian 
tribe or lineal descendant, the Secretary may authorize the use 
of National Forest System land by the Indian tribe or lineal descend-
ant for the reburial of human remains or cultural items in the
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possession of the Indian tribe or lineal descendant that have been 
disinterred from National Forest System land or an adjacent site. 
(b) REBURIAL.—With the consent of the affected Indian tribe 
or lineal descendent, the Secretary may recover and rebury, at 
Federal expense or using other available funds, human remains 
and cultural items described in subsection (a) at the National Forest 
System land identified under that subsection. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF USE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
may authorize such uses of reburial sites on National Forest 
System land, or on the National Forest System land imme-
diately surrounding a reburial site, as the Secretary determines 
to be necessary for management of the National Forest System. 
(2) AVOIDANCE OF ADVERSE IMPACTS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall avoid adverse impacts to cultural 
items and human remains, to the maximum extent practicable. 
SEC. 8104. TEMPORARY CLOSURE FOR TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL 
PURPOSES. 
(a) RECOGNITION OF HISTORIC USE.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall ensure access to National Forest 
System land by Indians for traditional and cultural purposes, in 
accordance with subsection (b), in recognition of the historic use 
by Indians of National Forest System land. 
(b) CLOSING LAND FROM PUBLIC ACCESS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO CLOSE.—Upon the approval by the Sec-
retary of a request from an Indian tribe, the Secretary may 
temporarily close from public access specifically identified 
National Forest System land to protect the privacy of tribal 
activities for traditional and cultural purposes. 
(2) LIMITATION.—A closure of National Forest System land 
under paragraph (1) shall affect the smallest practicable area 
for the minimum period necessary for activities of the applicable 
Indian tribe. 
(3) CONSISTENCY.—Access by Indian tribes to National 
Forest System land under this subsection shall be consistent 
with the purposes of Public Law 95–341 (commonly known 
as the American Indian Religious Freedom Act; 42 U.S.C. 1996). 
SEC. 8105. FOREST PRODUCTS FOR TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL PUR-
POSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 14 of the National 
Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), the Secretary 
may provide free of charge to Indian tribes any trees, portions 
of trees, or forest products from National Forest System land for 
traditional and cultural purposes. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Trees, portions of trees, or forest products 
provided under subsection (a) may not be used for commercial 
purposes. 
SEC. 8106. PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSURE. 
(a) NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not disclose under 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’), information relating to— 
(A) subject to subsection (b)(l), human remains or cul-
tural items reburied on National Forest System land under 
section 8103; or
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(B) subject to subsection (b)(2), resources, cultural 
items, uses, or activities that— 
(i) have a traditional and cultural purpose; and 
(ii) are provided to the Secretary by an Indian 
or Indian tribe under an express expectation of con-
fidentiality in the context of forest and rangeland 
research activities carried out under the authority of 
the Forest Service. 
(2) LIMITATIONS
ON
DISCLOSURE.—Subject to subsection 
(b)(2), the Secretary shall not be required to disclose informa-
tion under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’), concerning the 
identity, use, or specific location in the National Forest System 
of— 
(A) a site or resource used for traditional and cultural 
purposes by an Indian tribe; or 
(B) any cultural items not covered under section 8103. 
(b) LIMITED RELEASE OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) REBURIAL.—The Secretary may disclose information 
described in subsection (a)(l)(A) if, before the disclosure, the 
Secretary— 
(A) consults with an affected Indian tribe or lineal 
descendent; 
(B) determines that disclosure of the information— 
(i) would advance the purposes of this subtitle; 
and 
(ii) is necessary to protect the human remains 
or cultural items from harm, theft, or destruction; and 
(C) attempts to mitigate any adverse impacts identified 
by an Indian tribe or lineal descendant that reasonably 
could be expected to result from disclosure of the informa-
tion. 
(2) OTHER INFORMATION.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with appropriate Indian tribes, may disclose information 
described under paragraph (1)(B) or (2) of subsection (a) if 
the Secretary determines that disclosure of the information 
to the public— 
(A) would advance the purposes of this subtitle; 
(B) would not create an unreasonable risk of harm, 
theft, or destruction of the resource, site, or object, 
including individual organic or inorganic specimens; and 
(C) would be consistent with other applicable laws. 
SEC. 8107. SEVERABILITY AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
(a) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this subtitle, or the 
application of any provision of this subtitle to any person or cir-
cumstance is held invalid, the application of such provision or 
circumstance and the remainder of this subtitle shall not be affected 
thereby. 
(b) SAVINGS.—Nothing in this subtitle— 
(1) diminishes or expands the trust responsibility of the 
United States to Indian tribes, or any legal obligation or remedy 
resulting from that responsibility; 
(2) alters, abridges, repeals, or affects any valid agreement 
between the Forest Service and an Indian tribe; 
(3) alters, abridges, diminishes, repeals, or affects any 
reserved or other right of an Indian tribe; or