---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 3102"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "3102"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/3102"
units:
  - "Chapter 33 — National Indian Forest Resources Management"
---

# §3102. Purposes


The purposes of this chapter are to—

- (1) allow the [Secretary](/usc/25/3103.md?p=13) of the Interior to take part in the management of [Indian forest lands](/usc/25/3103.md?p=3), with the participation of the lands’ beneficial owners, in a manner consistent with the [Secretary](/usc/25/3103.md?p=13)’s trust responsibility and with the objectives of the beneficial owners;
- (2) clarify the authority of the [Secretary](/usc/25/3103.md?p=13) to make deductions from the proceeds of sale of [Indian](/usc/25/3103.md?p=9) [forest products](/usc/25/3103.md?p=6), assure the use of such deductions on the [reservation](/usc/25/3103.md?p=12) from which they are derived solely for use in [forest land management activities](/usc/25/3103.md?p=4), and assure that no other deductions shall be collected;
- (3) increase the number of professional [Indian](/usc/25/3103.md?p=9) foresters and related staff in forestry programs on [Indian forest land](/usc/25/3103.md?p=3); and
- (4) provide for the authorization of necessary appropriations to carry out this chapter for the protection, conservation, utilization, management, and enhancement of [Indian forest lands](/usc/25/3103.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–630, title III, § 303, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4532.)