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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 8719 (Introduced in House) — To establish the Great Bend of the Gila National Conservation Area in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. · Sec. 9

Sec. 9. Self-determination contracts

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The Secretary may contract with 1 or more Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations to perform administrative or management functions within the Conservation Areas through contracts entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ). Nothing in this section alters or abridges the application of— the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. ); the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); any other applicable Federal environmental law (including regulations); or the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ).
Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary, an Indian Tribe, or a Tribal organization to waive completion of any necessary environmental analysis under applicable Federal law. The Secretary shall make any decision required to be made under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) or other applicable Federal law (including regulations) with respect to any activity to be carried out on public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service under this Act.
Nothing in this section alters or abridges the application of subchapter II of chapter 5, or chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Administrative Procedure Act ), to this Act. The Secretary may provide technical and financial assistance to an Indian Tribe in accordance with section 103 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5322 ) to improve the capacity of the Indian Tribe to develop, enter into, and carry out activities under a contract under subsection (a).
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