Indian Buffalo Management Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to support Tribal buffalo restoration and management through consultation, technical assistance, contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, surplus-buffalo transfers, and related tribal-governance protections.
Who Benefits and How
Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations would gain federal support for buffalo herd restoration, habitat management, cultural use, subsistence, and related economic development.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of the Interior would have to consult with Tribes, create buffalo-management policy, protect confidential tribal information, and administer new agreements, grants, and transfer programs.
Key Provisions
- States purposes and findings tying buffalo restoration to Tribal culture, subsistence, and economic development.
- Defines buffalo, buffalo habitat, Indian land, and Tribal organization for the act.
- Directs Interior to work with Tribes, award grants and agreements, and provide technical assistance for buffalo restoration and management.
- Allows surplus buffalo on federal land to be transferred to Indian land and lets the Secretary waive related charges.
- Requires consultation, protects confidential tribal information, preserves treaty rights, and sunsets the authority after 7 years.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to support Tribal buffalo restoration and management through consultation, technical assistance, contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, surplus-buffalo transfers, and related tribal-governance protections.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Environment, Tribal Affairs
Primary Purpose
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to support Tribal buffalo restoration and management through consultation, technical assistance, contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, surplus-buffalo transfers, and related tribal-governance protections.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations restoring or managing buffalo
- Tribal communities seeking cultural, subsistence, and economic benefits from buffalo restoration
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of the Interior officials administering buffalo-management policy and funding
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Mullin) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations receiving buffalo-restoration grants, agreements, or technical assistance, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations seeking buffalo from federal lands, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations whose eligibility turns on the act's definitions
Department of the Interior staff administering tribal buffalo support programs
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
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