§3105 Forest management deduction

Summary

The Secretary must take a reasonable cut from the gross money made when timber or other forest products are sold from Indian forest land under Secretary‑approved contracts or permits to help pay for managing and protecting that land. The cut cannot be more than the smaller of 10 percent of gross proceeds or the percentage the Secretary was collecting on November 28, 1990. Money taken must be spent under an expenditure plan approved by the Secretary and the tribe, used for forest management on the reservation where it was collected, and made available to the tribe by contract if the tribe asks. These deductions cannot pay for costs already covered by funds for fire fighting or pest control, cannot reduce federal funds for managing Indian forest lands, and cannot be put into the U.S. Treasury general fund.