Small Tribal Forest Restoration Act of 2024

HR 10533, the Small Tribal Forest Restoration Act of 2024, allows the Secretary of Agriculture to administratively transfer small parcels of National Forest System land (up to 640 acres) to the Secretary of the Interior for trust management by federally recognized tribes. The transfer requires the tribe to request it, the land must be isolated, inaccessible, degraded, or needing restoration, and the Secretary must determine it serves the public interest. The bill establishes a process requiring public notice, tribal notifications, and consideration of treaty rights and tribal interests before any transfer. This directly affects tribes seeking to manage small forest parcels near their reservations, which would then be held in trust for the tribe and potentially added to their reservation.