S. 719

119 S719 ES: Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 719  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES  AN ACT
To amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to improve that Act, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025  .
2.
Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 amendments
Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 ( 25 U.S.C. 3115a ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
(2)
Indian forest land or rangeland
The term  Indian forest land or rangeland  means—
(A)
land that is held in trust by, or with a restriction against alienation by, the United States for an Indian tribe or a member of an Indian tribe, and—
(i)
is Indian forest land (as defined in section 304 of the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3103 ));
(ii)
has a cover of grasses, brush, or any similar vegetation; or
(iii)
formerly had a forest cover or vegetative cover that is capable of restoration; and
(B)
land that is in the State of Alaska and held by an Alaska Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ).
 ;
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
in the subsection heading, by inserting
or restore   after
protect  ;
(B)
in paragraph (1), by striking  to protect Indian forest land or rangeland  and all that follows through  Indian forest land or rangeland)  and inserting  to protect or restore Indian forest land or rangeland, or to carry out a project to protect or restore Federal land ; and
(C)
in paragraph (3), by striking  that is—  and all that follows through the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting  or Indian forest land or rangeland. ;
(3)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in the subsection heading, by inserting
for Federal land   after
criteria  ;
(B)
by striking  an Indian tribe,  in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through  Indian tribe—  in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “Federal land, are whether—
(1)
the Federal land has a special geographic, historical, or cultural significance to the Indian tribe and—
 ;
(C)
in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—
(i)
in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:
(i)
Indian forest land or rangeland; or
 ; and
(ii)
in subparagraph (B), by inserting  or watershed  after  land ;
(D)
by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;
(E)
in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking  subject  and inserting  Federal ; and
(F)
in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking  Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management  and inserting  Federal ;
(4)
in subsection (g), by striking  date of enactment of this Act  and inserting  date of enactment of the  Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025  ; and
(5)
by adding at the end the following:
(h)
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031.
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    Passed the Senate December 11, 2025.    Secretary