S3185-118

Introduced

To establish the Tribal Cultural Areas System, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Nov 1, 2023

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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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act.
  • Section idee2d19a64ef444cfab435b2352a027e7: 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 id0811999552fd4f9596af3eaa11d5a299: 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 id337abd960ce546399beda1942cfa4652: 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 id838120cc06934b4f8130dd978c320f2c: 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

Environment Government Operations Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 1, 2023

Mr. Heinrich introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Tribal commission" §idee2d19a64ef444cfab435b2352a027e7

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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