Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§3110 Tribal Forestry Programs

Title 25 › CHAPTER 33 — NATIONAL INDIAN FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT › § 3110

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set up a program inside the Bureau of Indian Affairs to give money to tribal forestry programs. Working with tribes that have forest land, the Secretary must make rules saying which tribes can get help, how much help they get, and how base funds are divided. The rules must pay for one professional forester (including benefits and support costs) for each eligible tribe, plus one extra professional forester or one forest technician (including benefits and support costs) for each level of help a tribe qualifies for. If yearly funding is not enough, money for each level must be split evenly among the tribes that qualify for that level.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §3110

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(a)Establishment

The Secretary shall establish within the Bureau of Indian Affairs a program to provide financial support to forestry programs established by an Indian tribe.

(b)Support allocation formula; criteria

(1)The Secretary, with the participation of Indian tribes with Indian forest lands, shall establish, and promulgate by regulations, a formula—

(A)for the determination of Indian tribes eligible for such support,

(B)for the provision of levels of assistance for the forestry programs of such tribes, and

(C)the allocation of base support funds to such tribes under the program established pursuant to subsection (a).

(2)The formula established pursuant to this subsection shall provide funding necessary to support—

(A)one professional forester, including fringe benefits and support costs, for each eligible tribe, and

(B)one additional professional forester or forest technician, including fringe benefits and support costs, for each level of assistance for which an eligible Indian tribe qualifies.

(3)In any fiscal year that appropriations are not sufficient to fully fund tribal forestry programs at each level of assistance under the formula required to be established in this section, available funds for each level of assistance shall be evenly divided among the tribes qualifying for that level of assistance.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 3110

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110