25 U.S.C. § 4305: Intertribal tourism…

Summary

The Secretary, through the Director, must run a Native American tourism program that helps tribes plan and carry out tourism demonstration projects. The program, working with the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, helps projects that can bring more visitors and money to Indian lands and nearby areas. Projects can include making and sharing visitor guides and educational materials, building resources to help public and private tourism efforts, and teaming up with state or local governments for joint ventures. The Secretary may give grants or other support to tribes, tribal organizations, intertribal groups, or other tribal entities. The program must include projects for the Four Corners area (near the Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico border), the Great Northwest (as the Secretary decides), Oklahoma Indians in Oklahoma, the Great Plains (as the Secretary decides), and Alaska Natives in Alaska. Selected participants must get financial, technical, and administrative help for things like feasibility studies, market analyses, tourism and trade missions, and other suitable activities. Projects must also help develop and fund infrastructure, including Indian reservation roads, consistent with title 23.

Title 25, §4305

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(a)Program to conduct tourism projects

(1)In general

The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall conduct a Native American tourism program to facilitate the development and conduct of tourism demonstration projects by Indian Tribes, on a Tribal, intertribal, or regional basis.

(2)Demonstration projects

(A)In general

Under the program established under this section, in order to assist in the development and promotion of tourism on and in the vicinity of Indian lands, the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, assist eligible entities in the planning, development, and implementation of tourism development demonstration projects that meet the criteria described in subparagraph (B).

(B)Projects described

In selecting tourism development demonstration projects under this section, the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall select projects that have the potential to increase travel and tourism revenues by attracting visitors to Indian lands and lands in the vicinity of Indian lands, including projects that provide for— (i)

(ii)the development of educational resources to assist in private and public tourism development on and in the vicinity of Indian lands; and

(iii)the coordination of tourism-related joint ventures and cooperative efforts between eligible entities and appropriate State and local governments that have jurisdiction over areas in the vicinity of Indian lands.

(3)Grants

To carry out the program under this section, the Secretary, acting through the Director, may award grants or enter into other appropriate arrangements with Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, intertribal consortia, or other Tribal entities that the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, determines to be appropriate.

(4)Locations

In providing for tourism development demonstration projects under the program under this section, the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall provide for a demonstration project to be conducted—

(A)for Indians of the Four Corners area located in the area adjacent to the border between Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico;

(B)for Indians of the northwestern area that is commonly known as the Great Northwest (as determined by the Secretary);

(C)for the Oklahoma Indians in Oklahoma;

(D)for the Indians of the Great Plains area (as determined by the Secretary); and

(E)for Alaska Natives in Alaska.

(b)Assistance

The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall provide financial assistance, technical assistance, and administrative services to participants that the Secretary, acting through the Director, selects to carry out a tourism development project under this section, with respect to—

(1)feasibility studies conducted as part of that project;

(2)market analyses;

(3)participation in tourism and trade missions; and

(4)any other activity that the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, determines to be appropriate to carry out this section.

(c)Infrastructure development

The demonstration projects conducted under this section shall include provisions to facilitate the development and financing of infrastructure, including the development of Indian reservation roads in a manner consistent with title 23.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116–261 substituted “Tribes” for “tribes” and “Tribal” for “tribal”. Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 116–261 substituted “Tribes” for “tribes” and “Tribal” for “tribal” in two places.

§4305 Intertribal Tourism Demonstration Projects

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Title 25, §4305

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