Sec. 8. Restoration of bison, grizzly bears, or wolves
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Each Committee, in consultation with each federally recognized Indian Tribe whose Tribal land is located within the historical range of the covered species, whose Tribal land is currently inhabited by the covered species, or that has usual and accustomed areas where the federally recognized Indian Tribe has treaty reserved rights on Federal land, shall conduct a study to identify Tribal land and usual and accustomed areas where federally recognized Indian Tribes have treaty reserved rights on Federal land that is suitable to support covered species populations.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, each Committee shall make publicly available on the website of the Department of the Interior a report containing the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A). Not later than 30 days after the date on which a report is made available under subparagraph
(B)of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify— each federally recognized Indian Tribe whose Tribal land was identified in the study conducted under subparagraph
(A)of that paragraph that the federally recognized Indian Tribe has land that is suitable to support covered species populations; each federally recognized Indian Tribe with treaty reserved rights on usual and accustomed areas on Federal land identified in the study conducted under subparagraph
(A)of that paragraph that the land is suitable to support covered species populations; and the Governor of any State in which the Tribal land described in subparagraph
(A)or usual and accustomed areas where federally recognized Indian Tribes have treaty reserved rights on Federal land described in subparagraph
(B)is located. If a federally recognized Indian Tribe notified under paragraph (2)(A) notifies the Secretary that the federally recognized Indian Tribe requests the reintroduction of a covered species on the land of the federally recognized Indian Tribe, the Secretary shall coordinate with the federally recognized Indian Tribe to reintroduce on that land members of the species for which a take permit has been issued by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph
(2)or
(3)of section 6(c). The reintroduction of a covered species under paragraph
(3)on Tribal land shall be carried out by the Secretary and the relevant federally recognized Indian Tribe in a manner that is consistent with— the scientific advice of the applicable Committee; the traditional ecological knowledge of the federally recognized Indian Tribe; and Secretarial Order 3403, entitled Joint Secretarial Order on Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility to Indian Tribes in the Stewardship of Federal Lands and Waters and issued by the Secretary on November 15, 2021. The relevant federally recognized Indian Tribes, in consultation with the Secretary, shall manage covered species reintroduced on Tribal land under this section using the best available science and consistent with the cultural imperatives of those federally recognized Indian Tribes, as described in the documents entitled— The Grizzly: A Treaty of Cooperation, Cultural Revitalization and Restoration (commonly known as the Grizzly Treaty ); The Buffalo: A Treaty of Cooperation, Renewal, and Restoration (commonly known as the Buffalo Treaty ); and The Wolf: A Treaty of Cultural and Environmental Survival (commonly known as the Wolf Treaty ). A grizzly bear or wolf that has been identified by the Secretary as a threat to public safety shall not be eligible for reintroduction under this section. Nothing in this Act affects any effort by the Secretary to reintroduce a covered species on land not described in this section.