Native American Fish and Wildlife Resources Management Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2301
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2004-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural prices
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Alaska
Animals
Biological research
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colleges
Commerce
Community colleges
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Department of the Interior
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental research
Executive orders
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Fish culture
Fishery management
Fishing
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Government publicity
Graduate education
Habitat conservation
Higher education
Hunting
Income tax
Indian education
Indian lands
Indian law enforcement
Indigenous peoples
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Local employees
Local laws
Maintenance and repair
Marketing
Marketing of farm produce
Minorities
Minorities in government
Minority employment
Planning
Police training
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public meetings
Recruiting of employees
Religion
Religious liberty
Restoration ecology
Right of privacy
Salaries
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Seafood
Secondary education
Social life and customs
Sports and Recreation
State government-Indian relations
Student loan funds
Surveys
Tax incentives
Taxation
Trapping
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-07
text: 
Native American Fish and Wildlife Resources Management Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Tribal Fish and Wildlife Resource Management Program and the Alaska Native Fish and Wildlife Resource Management Program to conduct specified activities in support of the tribal administration of resources.
 
Directs the Secretary, upon the request of an Indian tribal government, to conduct a survey of the reservation or traditional use area of that tribal government to assess needs regarding management of fish and wildlife resources.
 
Requires the development of Fish and Wildlife Resource Management Plans by Indian tribal governments and Alaska Native fish and wildlife organizations (or alternatively, by the Secretary). Requires such plans to govern the management and administration of tribal or Indian fish and wildlife resources by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the tribal government.
 
Requires the Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce, and Agriculture to review the management of resources in regional resource management and traditional use areas.
 
Establishes programs supporting research, education, and employment in connection with tribal resource management. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer a Tribal Fish Hatchery Assistance Program.
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish Alaska Native and Tribal Seafood and Resource Marketing Assistance Programs.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-563.
action_date: 2004-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S3937-3944)
action_date: 2004-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3937)
action_date: 2004-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate