S. 3014 · 114th Congress
Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Act of 2016
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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
No cosponsors.
This bill amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 and the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act to establish:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 26, 2016
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Act of 2016
Latest action (Jun 22, 2016): Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Policy area: Native Americans · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 26, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.