Raúl Grijalva: “Tribal leaders will make a good-faith effort to notify other tribal leaders if they believe that they cannot abide by…”

This amendment says that this act cannot take effect until the Secretary certifies that the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal permitting agencies have sufficient staff and funding to actually comply with the deadlines established…

Effective democratic governance depends upon informed public participation, and several international conventions and policy guidelines call for enhanced public participation in environmental management.

The passage of this legislation would also set a dangerous precedent for sacred sites.

We urge Congress to reject legislative proposals that make this colonial-era law worse.