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S 719 · introduced · significant

Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill extends the Tribal Forest Protection Act through 2031 and expands which lands tribes can manage for wildfire and disease prevention.
  • Indian tribes and Alaska Native corporations gain access to manage federal and tribal lands with cultural significance to their communities.
  • The bill removes geographic adjacency requirements and adds reporting updates, with no specified federal funding changes.

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  1. 01

    How would removing geographic adjacency requirements change which tribal lands become eligible for forest management under this act?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between expanding tribal land management authority and maintaining federal oversight of public forest resources?

  3. 03

    Without new federal funding specified, how would tribes finance expanded wildfire and disease prevention work on additional lands?

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Lisa Murkowski

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Introduced 2025-12-15

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-12-15 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-12-11 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8689; text: CR S8689)

  5. 2025-12-11 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-05-12 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 76.

  7. 2025-05-12 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-23.

  8. 2025-05-12 · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-23.

  9. 2025-03-05 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  10. 2025-02-25 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

  11. 2025-02-25 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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