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Calendar No. 76
119TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 119-23
TO AMEND THE TRIBAL FOREST PROTECTION ACT OF
2004 TO IMPROVE THAT ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
MAY 12, 2025.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 719]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill,
(S. 719), to amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to im-
prove that Act, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon, without amendment and recommends
that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
S. 719 would amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004
(TFPA) to expand the lands and activities eligible for inclusion in
the TFPA program and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
In 2002 and 2003, catastrophic wildfires, originating on national
forests and other federal lands, swept across the West and dev-
astated many Tribal forest resources and communities. The Tribal
Forest Protection Act of 20041 (TFPA) was passed in the aftermath
of these wildfires as a tool for Tribes to propose work to protect In-
dian forest lands and resources from various threats, including
wildfires. The TFPA authorizes the Forest Service (USFS) or the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into contracts and
agreements with Tribes to carry out Tribally-designed land man-
agement activities on USFS or BLM administered forest lands or
rangelands that are bordering or adjacent to lands under Tribal
jurisdiction. The TFPA was intended to facilitate treatment and
IPub. L. No. 108-278; 118 Stat. 868 (2004).
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