Sec. 502. Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System land and public land
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Section 305 of the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3104 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection: The term Federal forest land means— National Forest System land; and public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 )), including— Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant land reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the first section of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179, chapter 47); and Oregon and California Railroad Grant land.
The term Secretary concerned means— the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the Federal forest land described in subparagraph (A)(i); and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the Federal forest land described in subparagraph (A)(ii). On request of an Indian tribe, the Secretary concerned may treat Federal forest land described in subparagraph
(B)as Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting forest land management activities under this section. Federal forest land referred to in subparagraph
(A)is Federal forest land that is located within, or mostly within, a geographic area that presents a feature or involves circumstances principally relevant to the Indian tribe making the request, including Federal forest land— ceded to the United States by treaty; located within the boundaries of a current or former Indian reservation; or adjudicated to be tribal homeland. As part of an agreement to treat Federal forest land as Indian forest land under paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned and the Indian tribe making the request shall— provide for continued public access applicable to the Federal forest land prior to the date of the agreement, except that the Secretary concerned may limit or prohibit that access as necessary; continue sharing revenue generated by the Federal forest land with State and local governments either— on the terms applicable to the Federal forest land prior to the date of the agreement, including, as applicable, 25-percent payments or 50-percent payments; or at the option of the Indian tribe, on terms agreed to by the Indian tribe, the Secretary concerned, and State and local governments participating in a revenue sharing agreement applicable to the Federal forest land; comply with applicable prohibitions on the export of unprocessed logs harvested from the Federal forest land; recognize all right-of-way agreements in effect on the Federal forest land prior to the commencement of tribal forest land management activities; and ensure that any commercial timber removed from the Federal forest land is sold on a competitive bid basis. The treatment of Federal forest land as Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting forest land management activities pursuant to paragraph
(2)does not designate the Federal forest land as Indian forest land for any other purpose. .
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Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System land and public land
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