§ 3110. — Tribal forestry programs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC3110]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 33--NATIONAL INDIAN FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Sec. 3110. Tribal forestry programs
(a) Establishment
The Secretary shall establish within the Bureau of Indian Affairs a
program to provide financial support to forestry programs established by
an Indian tribe.
(b) Support allocation formula; criteria
(1) The Secretary, with the participation of Indian tribes with
Indian forest lands, shall establish, and promulgate by regulations, a
formula--
(A) for the determination of Indian tribes eligible for such
support,
(B) for the provision of levels of assistance for the forestry
programs of such tribes, and
(C) the allocation of base support funds to such tribes under
the program established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(2) The formula established pursuant to this subsection shall
provide funding necessary to support--
(A) one professional forester, including fringe benefits and
support costs, for each eligible tribe, and
(B) one additional professional forester or forest technician,
including fringe benefits and support costs, for each level of
assistance for which an eligible Indian tribe qualifies.
(3) In any fiscal year that appropriations are not sufficient to
fully fund tribal forestry programs at each level of assistance under
the formula required to be established in this section, available funds
for each level of assistance shall be evenly divided among the tribes
qualifying for that level of assistance.
(Pub. L. 101-630, title III, Sec. 311, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4538.)
