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[CITE: 25USC3101]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
         CHAPTER 33--NATIONAL INDIAN FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 3101. Findings

    The Congress finds and declares that--
        (1) the forest lands of Indians are among their most valuable 
    resources and Indian forest lands--
            (A) encompass more than 15,990,000 acres, including more 
        than 5,700,000 acres of commercial forest land and 8,700,000 
        acres of woodland,
            (B) are a perpetually renewable and manageable resource,
            (C) provide economic benefits, including income, employment, 
        and subsistence, and
            (D) provide natural benefits, including ecological, 
        cultural, and esthetic values;

        (2) the United States has a trust responsibility toward Indian 
    forest lands;
        (3) existing Federal laws do not sufficiently assure the 
    adequate and necessary trust management of Indian forest lands;
        (4) the Federal investment in, and the management of, Indian 
    forest land is significantly below the level of investment in, and 
    management of, National Forest Service forest land, Bureau of Land 
    Management forest land, or private forest land;
        (5) tribal governments make substantial contributions to the 
    overall management of Indian forest land; and
        (6) there is a serious threat to Indian forest lands arising 
    from trespass and unauthorized harvesting of Indian forest land 
    resources.

(Pub. L. 101-630, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4532.)


                               Short Title

    Section 301 of title III of Pub. L. 101-630 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `National Indian 
Forest Resources Management Act'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3108 of this title.
