---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 3108"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "3108"
heading: "Secretarial recognition of tribal laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/3108"
units:
  - "Chapter 33 — National Indian Forest Resources Management"
---

# §3108. Secretarial recognition of tribal laws


Subject to the [Secretary](/usc/25/3103.md?p=13)’s responsibilities as reflected in sections [3101(2)](/usc/25/3101.md?p=2) and [3102(1)](/usc/25/3102.md?p=1) of this title and unless otherwise prohibited by Federal statutory law, the [Secretary](/usc/25/3103.md?p=13) shall comply with tribal laws pertaining to [Indian forest lands](/usc/25/3103.md?p=3), including laws regulating the environment or historic or cultural preservation, and shall cooperate with the enforcement of such laws on [Indian forest lands](/usc/25/3103.md?p=3). Such cooperation shall include—

- (1) assistance in the enforcement of such laws;
- (2) provision of notice of such laws to persons or entities undertaking activities on [Indian forest lands](/usc/25/3103.md?p=3); and
- (3) upon the request of an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/5130.md?p=2), the appearance in tribal forums.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–630, title III, § 309, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4538.)