Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 33 — National Indian Forest Resources Management
§ 3110. Tribal forestry programs
Statutory text
Establishment
The Secretary shall establish within the Bureau of Indian Affairs a program to provide financial support to forestry programs established by an Indian tribe.
Support allocation formula; criteria
The Secretary, with the participation of Indian tribes with Indian forest lands, shall establish, and promulgate by regulations, a formula—
for the determination of Indian tribes eligible for such support,
for the provision of levels of assistance for the forestry programs of such tribes, and
the allocation of base support funds to such tribes under the program established pursuant to subsection (a).
The formula established pursuant to this subsection shall provide funding necessary to support—
one professional forester, including fringe benefits and support costs, for each eligible tribe, and
one additional professional forester or forest technician, including fringe benefits and support costs, for each level of assistance for which an eligible Indian tribe qualifies.
In any fiscal year that appropriations are not sufficient to fully fund tribal forestry programs at each level of assistance under the formula required to be established in this section, available funds for each level of assistance shall be evenly divided among the tribes qualifying for that level of assistance.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Indian Forest Resources Management Act
Pub. L. 101–630 title III § 311 · 104 Stat. 4531
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 3110
(Pub. L. 101–630, title III, § 311, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4538.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–630, title III, § 311, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4538.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 311. TRIBAL FORESTRY PROGRAMS. (a) Establishment.— The Secretary shall establish within the Bureau of Indian Affairs a program to provide financial support to forestry programs established by an Indian tribe. (b) Support Allocation Formula; Criteria.— (1) The Secretary, with the participation of Indian tribes with Indian forest lands, shall establish, and promulgate by regulations, a formula— (A) for the determination of Indian tribes eligible for such support, (B) for the provision of levels of assistance for the forestry programs of such tribes, and (C) the allocation of base support funds to such tribes under the program established pursuant to subsection (a). (2) The formula established pursuant to this subsection shall provide funding necessary to support— (A) one professional forester, including fringe benefits and support costs, for each eligible tribe, and (B) one additional professional forester or forest technician, including fringe benefits and support costs, for each level of assistance for which an eligible Indian tribe qualifies. (3) In any fiscal year that appropriations are not sufficient to fully fund tribal forestry programs at each level of assistance under the formula required to be established in this section, available funds for each level of assistance shall be evenly divided among the tribes qualifying for that level of assistance.
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