Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 15, 2025 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.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
- Passed SenateDec 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 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 Feb 25, 2025 to May 21, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Feb 25, 2025 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | May 21, 2025 |
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 Feb 25, 2025Markup Mar 5, 2025Reported May 12, 2025 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2025Received in the House.
- Dec 15, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 15, 2025Held at the desk.
- Dec 11, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8689; text: CR S8689)
- May 12, 2025Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-23.
- May 12, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 76.
- Mar 5, 2025Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 25, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 25, 2025Read 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 S8684Text printed S8689 | John Thune R-SD | Dec 11, 2025 |
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
- Aug 28, 2025S. 719, Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025As reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 12, 2025
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 |
| R48934 | Introduction to Tribal Forestry | Report | Aug 11, 2026 |
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 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2025Engrossed in Senate
- May 12, 2025Reported to Senate
- Feb 25, 2025Introduced in Senate
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