Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 16, 2024 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 12, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA) and expands the lands and activities eligible for inclusion in the TFPA.
Currently under the TFPA, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may enter into contracts and agreements with Indian tribes for tribes to carry out land management projects on federal lands. These projects are designed to protect Indian forest lands and rangelands from wildfire, disease, and other threats coming from federal lands. However, the TFPA is currently limited to projects on federal lands that border or are adjacent to Indian forest lands and rangelands under the jurisdiction of the tribe.
This bill removes certain limitations of the TFPA, first by expanding the definition of Indian forest land or rangeland to include land in Alaska that is held by Alaska Native corporations, thereby allowing these corporations to participate in TFPA projects.
Additionally, the bill removes the requirement that TFPA projects must occur on federal lands that border or are adjacent to Indian forest lands or rangelands. The bill instead requires the federal land involved to have a special geographic, historical, or cultural significance to the tribe.
The bill allows TFPA projects to be carried out directly on Indian forest lands and rangelands. (Currently, the TFPA only applies to work conducted on federal lands and not on tribal lands.)
The bill also updates a requirement for Interior and USDA to report to Congress on TFPA activities.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 16, 2024 to Sep 25, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Sep 16, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Sep 25, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred May 21, 2024Hearings Jul 25, 2024Markup Sep 25, 2024Reported Nov 21, 2024 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 16, 2024Held at the desk.
- Dec 13, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 12, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6994-6995; text: CR S6995)
- Nov 20, 2024Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with an amendment. With written report No. 118-249.
- Nov 20, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574.
- Sep 25, 2024Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Jul 25, 2024Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-532.
- May 21, 2024Introduced in Senate
- May 21, 2024Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6991, S6994–S6996Text printed S6995Amendments S6994 | Brian Schatz D-HI | Dec 12, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 18, 2024S. 4370, Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 25, 2024
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-150 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 7662, H.R. 7807, H.R. 8952, AND H.R. 1000572 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Nov 19, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-532 | S. 4370 AND S. 450545 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Jul 25, 2024 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47563 | Tribal Co-Management of Federal Lands: Overview and Selected Issues for Congress | Report | Oct 13, 2026 |
| R48256 | Tribal Self-Determination Authorities: Overview and Issues for Congress | Report | Jan 10, 2025 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to improve that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2024Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 20, 2024Reported to Senate
- May 21, 2024Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
