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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 39 — American Indian Agricultural Resource Management

§ 3714. Assessment of Indian agricultural management programs

Statutory text

(a)

Assessment

Within six months after , the Secretary, in consultation with affected Indian tribes, shall enter into a contract with a non-Federal entity knowledgeable in agricultural management on Federal and private lands to conduct an independent assessment of Indian agricultural land management and practices. Such assessment shall be national in scope and shall include a comparative analysis of Federal investment and management efforts for Indian trust and restricted agricultural lands as compared to federally-owned lands managed by other Federal agencies or instrumentalities and as compared to federally-served private lands.

(b)

Purposes

The purposes of the assessment shall be—

(1)

to establish a comprehensive assessment of the improvement, funding, and development needs for all Indian agricultural lands;

(2)

to establish a comparison of management and funding provided to comparable lands owned or managed by the Federal Government through Federal agencies other than the Bureau; and

(3)

to identify any obstacles to Indian access to Federal or private programs relating to agriculture or related rural development programs generally available to the public at large.

(c)

Implementation

Within one year after , the Secretary shall provide the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate with a status report on the development of the comparative analysis required by this section and shall file a final report with the Congress not later than 18 months after .

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.

  1. American Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act

    Pub. L. 103–177 title I § 104 · 107 Stat. 2011

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 3714

    (Pub. L. 103–177, title I, § 104, Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2016.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 103–177, title I, § 104, Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2016.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 104. ASSESSMENT OF INDIAN AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. (a) Contracts. Assessment.— Within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with affected Indian tribes, shall enter into a contract with a non-Federal entity knowledgeable in agricultural management on Federal and private lands to conduct an independent assessment of Indian agricultural land management and practices. Such assessment shall be national in scope and shall include a comparative analysis of Federal investment and management efforts for Indian trust and restricted agricultural lands as compared to federally-owned lands managed by other Federal agencies or instrumentalities and as compared to federally-served private lands. (b) Purposes.— The purposes of the assessment shall be— (1) to establish a comprehensive assessment of the improvement, funding, and development needs for all Indian agricultural lands; (2) to establish a comparison of management and funding provided to comparable lands owned or managed by the Federal Government through Federal agencies other than the Bureau; and (3) to identify any obstacles to Indian access to Federal or private programs relating to agriculture or related rural development programs generally available to the public at large. (c) Implementation.— Within one year after the date of enactment Reports. of this Act, the Secretary shall provide the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate with a status report on the development of the comparative analysis required by this section and shall file a final report with the Congress not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Change of Name

Subcommittee on Native American Affairs changed to Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Credits

(Pub. L. 103–177, title I, § 104, , 107 Stat. 2016.)

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