The Tribal Forest Protection Act, or TFPA, is an important tool that allows Native communities to participate in the stewardship of Federal forest lands.

This is not acceptable. The forested lands owned by ANCs are in every aspect Indian forest land.

So I too want to make sure that we are not setting something up here where we have divergent views...

I think you can hear, whether it is from Alaska and our lands up north to the lands as far south as New Mexico and Arizona, this is an issue that I think there is clearly common ground.

I want to make sure that we don't have any ambiguity.

I am really disappointed. Being here today we have had so many years of discussion...

Statement of Senator Murkowski.

AFN supports Senate Bill 4370 because of this growing risk of wildfires and other invasive pests in our forests.

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Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I am out of time.

Okay. So this bill will fix that legal authority, is that correct?

But if in fact you have costs that could average, as I understand, around $20,000 per person plus lost wages plus travel costs if folks have to fly, then that is also a balancing factor if that individual is being treated through IHS…

But we also know that you have to have the legal authority first. So that is what we are trying to do here.

Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I am out of time.

I have introduced S. 4365 because Alaska Native children experience the highest incidences of hospitalization from dog attacks than any other group in the Nation, and we need to deal with it.