To establish the Tribal Cultural Areas System, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish the Tribal Cultural Areas System, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H33D54E0446B34812ADC7DEE5606BCEA5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act.
- Section H1F824BC2D82D4CBBAB4240B2F37FB882: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term existing use, with respect to a Tribal cultural area, means a use that is occurring within the Tribal cultural area on the...
- Section H261BBA9DF1764025AA2708F38A437551: 3. Findings Congress finds that— the Federal Government manages more than 640,000,000 acres of public land that was carved out of the ancestral homeland of...
- Section HDA52FFA994374165AD3D6A9E616CBBDA: 4. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— the preservation of Tribal cultural sites located on public land is in the public interest; through...
- Section H49AB6445DAFF4FEA892BC62FDA077954: 5. Tribal Cultural Areas System In order to preserve Tribal cultural sites on public land, there is established the Tribal Cultural Areas System. The purposes...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To establish the Tribal Cultural Areas System, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, To establish the Tribal Cultural Areas System, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Tribal commission established for a Tribal cultural area under section 6(a). The term Tribal cultural area means a Tribal cultural site that has been designated for inclusion in the System. The term Tribal cultural site means— a historic property
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