Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 39 — American Indian Agricultural Resource Management
§ 3701. Findings
Statutory text
The Congress finds and declares that—
the United States and Indian tribes have a government to government relationship;
the United States has a trust responsibility to protect, conserve, utilize, and manage Indian agricultural lands consistent with its fiduciary obligation and its unique relationship with Indian tribes;
Indian agricultural lands are renewable and manageable natural resources which are vital to the economic, social, and cultural welfare of many Indian tribes and their members; and
development and management of Indian agricultural lands in accordance with integrated resource management plans will ensure proper management of Indian agricultural lands and will produce increased economic returns, enhance Indian self-determination, promote employment opportunities, and improve the social and economic well-being of Indian and surrounding communities.
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.
American Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act
Pub. L. 103–177 § 2 · 107 Stat. 2011
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 3701
(Pub. L. 103–177, § 2, Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2011.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–177, § 2, Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2011.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds and declares that— (1) the United States and Indian tribes have a government to government relationship; (2) the United States has a trust responsibility to protect, conserve, utilize, and manage Indian agricultural lands consistent with its fiduciary obligation and its unique relationship with Indian tribes; (3) Indian agricultural lands are renewable and manageable natural resources which are vital to the economic, social, and cultural welfare of many Indian tribes and their members; and (4) development and management of Indian agricultural lands in accordance with integrated resource management plans will ensure proper management of Indian agricultural lands and will produce increased economic returns, enhance Indian self-determination, promote employment opportunities, and improve the social and economic well-being of Indian and surrounding communities.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 103–177, § 1, , 107 Stat. 2011, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘American Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act’.”