A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land.
Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management) or the Secretary of Agriculture (with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service), upon request of an Indian tribe to enter into an agreement or contract to carry out a project to protect Indian forest land that meets specified criteria, to issue public notice of initiation of any necessary environmental review or of the potential of entering into such an agreement or contract under which the Indian tribe would carry out certain activities.
Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to enter into such an agreement or contract following completion of any necessary environmental analysis.
Became Public Law No: 108-278.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1692)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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