S 719
Passed a chamber
Expands the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to cover restoration and rangeland, lets tribes work on certain nearby Federal land, and authorizes $15 million a year for fiscal years 2026 through 2031.
Official title: Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
15-DEC-2025
Senate
Introduced
25-FEB-2025
Referred
25-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2025
Reported
12-MAY-2025
On the calendar
12-MAY-2025
Passed
11-DEC-2025
- Allows tribes to protect or restore Indian forest land or rangeland, and certain Federal land with special geographic, historical, or cultural significance to the tribe.
- Broadens the definition of Indian forest land or rangeland to include land with grasses, brush, or similar vegetation, land that formerly had restorable vegetative cover, and certain Alaska Native Corporation lands.
- Authorizes $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031 to carry out the Act.
- Replaces references to the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management with the general term Federal and updates the enactment date reference to the 2025 short title.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (25-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 11-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)
Native Americans
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1 Democrat
1 Republican