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S 3014 114th Congress Senate Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Forests, forestry, trees Indian lands and resources rights Land use and conservation

Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Act of 2016

Introduced: May 26, 2016 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Jun 22, 2016
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 8, 2016
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-361.
May 26, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3295-3296)
May 26, 2016
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Act of 2016

This bill amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 and the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act to establish:

  • a timeframe for consideration of tribal requests to protect Indian forest land or rangeland;
  • a tribal forest management demonstration project; and
  • pilot authority for the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to, upon request of an Indian tribe, treat certain federal forest land as Indian land for purposes of specified land management activities.
What's happening now June 22, 2016

Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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