---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 4305"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "4305"
heading: "Intertribal tourism demonstration projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/4305"
units:
  - "Chapter 44 — Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism"
---

# §4305. Intertribal tourism demonstration projects

- (a) **Program to conduct tourism projects—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall conduct a Native American tourism program to facilitate the development and conduct of tourism demonstration projects by [Indian Tribes](/usc/25/4302.md?p=7), on a Tribal, intertribal, or regional basis.
  - (2) **Demonstration projects—**
    - (A) **In general—** Under the program established under this section, in order to assist in the development and promotion of tourism on and in the vicinity of [Indian lands](/usc/25/4302.md?p=5-A), the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall, in coordination with the Under [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9) of Agriculture for Rural Development, assist [eligible entities](/usc/25/4302.md?p=2) in the planning, development, and implementation of tourism development demonstration projects that meet the criteria described in [subparagraph (B)](#a-2-B).
    - (B) **Projects described—** In selecting tourism development demonstration projects under this section, the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall select projects that have the potential to increase travel and tourism revenues by attracting visitors to [Indian lands](/usc/25/4302.md?p=5-A) and lands in the vicinity of [Indian lands](/usc/25/4302.md?p=5-A), including projects that provide for—
      - (i) the development and distribution of educational and promotional materials pertaining to attractions located on and near [Indian lands](/usc/25/4302.md?p=5-A);
      - (ii) the development of educational resources to assist in private and public tourism development on and in the vicinity of [Indian lands](/usc/25/4302.md?p=5-A); and
      - (iii) the coordination of tourism-related joint ventures and cooperative efforts between [eligible entities](/usc/25/4302.md?p=2) and appropriate State and local governments that have jurisdiction over areas in the vicinity of [Indian lands](/usc/25/4302.md?p=5-A).
  - (3) **Grants—** To carry out the program under this section, the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), may award grants or enter into other appropriate arrangements with [Indian Tribes](/usc/25/4302.md?p=7), [Tribal organizations](/usc/25/4302.md?p=11), intertribal consortia, or other Tribal entities that the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), in consultation with the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), determines to be appropriate.
  - (4) **Locations—** In providing for tourism development demonstration projects under the program under this section, the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall provide for a demonstration project to be conducted—
    - (A) for [Indians](/usc/25/4302.md?p=3) of the Four Corners area located in the area adjacent to the border between Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico;
    - (B) for [Indians](/usc/25/4302.md?p=3) of the northwestern area that is commonly known as the Great Northwest (as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9));
    - (C) for the Oklahoma [Indians](/usc/25/4302.md?p=3) in Oklahoma;
    - (D) for the [Indians](/usc/25/4302.md?p=3) of the Great Plains area (as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9)); and
    - (E) for Alaska Natives in Alaska.
- (b) **Assistance—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall provide financial assistance, technical assistance, and administrative services to participants that the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), selects to carry out a tourism development project under this section, with respect to—
  - (1) feasibility studies conducted as part of that project;
  - (2) market analyses;
  - (3) participation in tourism and trade missions; and
  - (4) any other activity that the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), in consultation with the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), determines to be appropriate to carry out this section.
- (c) **Infrastructure development—** The demonstration projects conducted under this section shall include provisions to facilitate the development and financing of infrastructure, including the development of [Indian](/usc/25/4302.md?p=3) [reservation](/usc/25/4302.md?p=5-A-ii) roads in a manner consistent with title 23.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–464, § 6, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 2016; Pub. L. 116–261, § 3(e)(2), (3), Dec. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 3311.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116–261 substituted “Tribes” for “tribes” and “Tribal” for “tribal”.

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 116–261 substituted “Tribes” for “tribes” and “Tribal” for “tribal” in two places.