§3109 Indian Forest Land Assistance Account

Summary

The Secretary may create a special Indian forest land assistance account inside a tribe’s trust fund if the tribe asks, to pay for the tribe’s forest land management. The account can hold non‑Federal money tied to the tribe’s forest lands, donations, unused forestry appropriations for that tribe, and user fees or other interagency transfers when federal law allows and they relate to tribal forest activities. Money in the account and any interest stays available until spent and cannot be used to reduce federal appropriations. If a tribe asks or the Secretary chooses, the Secretary may audit the account and must publish the audit results.