Directs the Interior Department to help Tribal governments manage buffalo and buffalo habitat on Indian land, including through grants, contracts, and surplus buffalo transfers from federal land.

Official title: Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 17-MAR-2026

Referred 17-MAR-2026

Approved by committee 15-SEP-2026

Key points

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to work with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to build capacity to manage buffalo and buffalo habitat
Authorizes contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants for buffalo restoration, commercial activities, and mobile meat processing facilities
Allows the Secretary to transfer surplus buffalo from Interior-administered federal land to Tribes, with charges waivable
Requires consultation with Tribes on Department initiatives affecting buffalo and protects confidential Tribal information; authority sunsets 7 years after enactment

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Policy area

Native Americans

Sponsor Jeff Hurd (R-CO) Cosponsors · 15

■ 8 R■ 7 D

8 Republicans

7 Democrats

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