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§3701 Findings
Title 25 › CHAPTER 39 — AMERICAN INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › § 3701
Summary
Affirms that the United States and Indian tribes have a government-to-government relationship and that the U.S. must protect and manage Indian agricultural lands as part of its duty to tribes. It says these lands are renewable resources important to tribes’ economic, social, and cultural life, and that using integrated resource management plans will lead to better land care, higher economic returns, more tribal self-rule, more jobs, and improved well-being for tribes and nearby communities.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §3701
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The Congress finds and declares that—
(1)the United States and Indian tribes have a government to government relationship;
(2)the United States has a trust responsibility to protect, conserve, utilize, and manage Indian agricultural lands consistent with its fiduciary obligation and its unique relationship with Indian tribes;
(3)Indian agricultural lands are renewable and manageable natural resources which are vital to the economic, social, and cultural welfare of many Indian tribes and their members; and
(4)development and management of Indian agricultural lands in accordance with integrated resource management plans will ensure proper management of Indian agricultural lands and will produce increased economic returns, enhance Indian self-determination, promote employment opportunities, and improve the social and economic well-being of Indian and surrounding communities.
Legislative History
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Short Title
Pub. L. 103–177, § 1, Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2011, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘American Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act’.”
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 3701
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Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102