---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 3055"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "3055"
heading: "Forest products for traditional and cultural purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/3055"
units:
  - "Chapter 32A — Cultural and Heritage Cooperation Authority"
---

# §3055. Forest products for traditional and cultural purposes

- (a) **In general—** Notwithstanding [section 472a of title 16](/usc/16/472a.md), the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) may provide free of charge to [Indian tribes](/usc/25/3052.md?p=5) any trees, portions of trees, or forest products from [National Forest System](/usc/25/3052.md?p=7) land for [traditional and cultural purposes](/usc/25/3052.md?p=9).
- (b) **Prohibition—** Trees, portions of trees, or forest products provided under [subsection (a)](#a) may not be used for commercial purposes.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–234, title VIII, § 8105, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1288; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VIII, § 8105, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2050.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

### Definition of “Secretary”

“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.