2010, etc.) and shall be completed within 24 months of their initiation date. Each assessment shall be initiated no later than November 28 of the designated year.

(b) Except as provided in § 163.83 of this part, each assessment shall be conducted by a non-Federal entity knowledgeable of forest management practices on Federal and private land. Assessments will evaluate and compare investment in and management of Indian forest land with similar Federal and private land.

(c) Completed assessment reports shall be submitted to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate and shall be made available to Indian tribes.

§ 163.81 Assessment guidelines.

Assessments shall be national in scope and shall include:

(a) An in-depth analysis of management practices on, and the level of funding by management activity for, specific Indian forest land compared with similar Federal and private forest land;

(b) A survey of the condition of Indian forest land, including health and productivity levels;

(c) An evaluation of the staffing patterns, by management activity, of forestry organizations of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and of Indian tribes;

(d) An evaluation of procedures employed in forest product sales administration, including preparation, field supervision, and accountability for proceeds;

(e) An analysis of the potential for streamlining administrative procedures, rules and policies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs without diminishing the Federal trust responsibility;

(f) A comprehensive review of the intensity and utility of forest inventories and the adequacy of Indian forest land management plans, including their compatibility with other resource inventories and applicable integrated resource management plans and their

ability to meet tribal needs and priorities;

(g) An evaluation of the feasibility and desirability of establishing or revising minimum standards against which the adequacy of the forestry program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in fulfilling its trust responsibility to Indian forest land can be measured;

(h) An evaluation of the effectiveness of implementing the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93-638, as amended) in regard to the Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry program;

(i) A recommendation of any reforms and increased funding and other resources necessary to bring Indian forest land management programs to a state-of-the-art condition; and

(j) Specific examples and comparisons from across the United States where Indian forest land is located.

§ 163.82 Annual status report.

The Secretary shall, within 6 months of the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate, and to the affected Indian tribes, a report on the status of Indian forest land with respect to attaining the standards, goals and objectives set forth in approved forest management plans. The report shall identify the amount of Indian forest land in need of forestation or other silvicultural treatment, and the quantity of timber available for sale, offered for sale, and sold, for each Indian tribe.

§ 163.83 Assistance from the Secretary of Agriculture.

The Secretary of the Interior may ask the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, on a nonreimbursable basis, for technical assistance in the conduct of such research and evaluation activities as may be necessary for the completion of any reports or assessments required by § 163.80 of this part.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

166.200 When is a permit needed to authorize possession of Indian land for grazing purposes?

166.201 Must parents or guardians of Indian minors who own Indian land obtain a permit before using land for grazing purposes?

166.202 May an emancipated minor grant a permit?

166.203 When can the Indian landowners grant a permit?

166.204 Who may represent an individual Indian landowner in granting a permit? 166.205 When can the BIA grant a permit on behalf of Indian landowners?

166.206 What requirements apply to a permit on a fractionated tract?

166.207 What provisions will be contained in a permit?

166.208 How long is a permit term? 166.209 Must a permit be recorded? 166.210 When is a decision by the BIA regarding a permit effective?

166.211 When are permits effective? 166.212 When may a permittee take possession of permitted Indian land? 166.213 Must I comply with any standards of conduct if I am granted a permit? 166.214 Will the BIA notify the permittee of any change in land title status?

166.215

OBTAINING A PERMIT

How can I find Indian land available for grazing?

166.216 Who is responsible for permitting Indian land?

166.217 In what manner may a permit on Indian land be granted?

166.218 How do I acquire a permit through tribal allocation?

166.219 How do I acquire a permit through negotiation?

166.220 What are the basic steps for acquiring a permit through negotiation? 166.221 How do I acquire an advertised permit through competitive bidding? 166.222 Are there standard permit forms?

PERMIT (LEASEHOLD) MORTGAGE 166.223 Can I use a permit as collateral for a loan?

166.224 What factors does the BIA consider when reviewing a leasehold mortgage? 166.225 May a permittee voluntarily assign a leasehold interest under an approved encumbrance?

166.226 May the holder of a leasehold mortgage assign the leasehold interest after a sale or foreclosure of an approved encumbrance?

MODIFYING A PERMIT

166.227 How can Indian land be removed from an existing permit?

166.228 How will the BIA provide notice if Indian land is removed from an existing permit?

166.229 Other than to remove land, how can a permit be amended, assigned, subpermitted, or mortgaged?

166.230 When will a BIA decision to approve

an amendment, assignment, subpermit, or mortgage under a permit be effective? 166.231 Must an amendment, assignment, subpermit, or mortgage approved under a permit be recorded?

Subpart D-Land and Operations
Management

166.300 How is Indian agricultural land managed?

166.301 How is Indian land for grazing purposes described?

How is a range unit created?

166.302 166.303 Can more than one parcel of Indian land be combined into one permit? 166.304 Can there be more than one permit for each range unit?

166.305 When is grazing capacity determined?

166.306 Can the BIA adjust the grazing capacity?

166.307 Will the grazing capacity be in

creased if I graze adjacent trust or nontrust rangelands not covered by the permit?

166.401 How does the BIA establish grazing rental rates?

166.402 Why must the BIA determine the fair annual rental of Indian land? 166.403 Will the BIA ever grant or approve a permit at less than fair annual rental? 166.404 Whose grazing rental rate will be applicable for a permit on tribal land? 166.405 Whose grazing rental rate will be applicable for a permit on individuallyowned Indian land?

166.406 Whose grazing rental rate will be applicable for a permit on government land?

166.407 If a range unit consists of tribal and individually-owned Indian lands, what is the grazing rental rate?

166.408 Is the grazing rental rate established by the BIA adjusted periodically?

RENTAL PAYMENTS

166.409 How is my grazing rental payment determined?

166.410 When are grazing rental payments due?

166.411 Will a permittee be notified when a grazing rental payment is due?

166.412 What if the permittee does not receive an invoice that a grazing rental payment is due?

166.413 To whom are grazing rental payments made?

166.414 What forms of grazing rental payments are acceptable?

166.415 What will the BIA do if the permittee fails to make a direct payment to an Indian landowner?

166.416 May a permittee make a grazing rental payment in advance of the due date?

166.417 May an individual Indian landowner modify the terms of the permit on a fractionated tract for advance grazing rental payment?

166.418 When is a grazing rental payment late?

LATE RENTAL PAYMENT COLLECTIONS 166.419 What will the BIA do if grazing rental payments are not made in the time and manner required by the permit? 166.420 Will any special fees be assessed on delinquent grazing rental payments due under a permit?

166.421 If a permit is canceled for non-payment, does that extinguish the permittee's debt?

COMPENSATION TO INDIAN LANDOWNERS 166.422 What does the BIA do with grazing rental payments received from permittees?

166.423 How do Indian landowners receive grazing rental payments that the BIA has received from permittees?

166.424 How will the BIA determine the grazing rental payment amount to be distributed to each Indian landowner? Subpart F-Administrative and Tribal Fees 166.500 Are there administrative fees for a permit?

166.501 How are annual administrative fees determined?

166.502 Are administrative fees refundable? 166.503 May the BIA waive administrative fees?

166.504 Are there any other administrative or tribal fees, taxes, or assessments that must be paid?

Subpart G-Bonding and Insurance
Requirements

166.600 Must a permittee provide a bond for a permit?

166.601 How is the amount of the bond determined?

166.602 What form of bonds will the BIA accept?

166.603 If cash is submitted as a bond, how is it administered?

166.604 Is interest paid on a cash performance bond?

166.605 Are cash performance bonds refunded?

166.606 What happens to a bond if a violation occurs?

166.607 Is insurance required for a permit? 166.608 What types of insurance may be required?

Subpart H-Permit Violations

166.700 What permit violations are addressed by this subpart?

166.701 How will the BIA determine whether

the activities of a permittee under a permit are in compliance with the terms of the permit?

166.702 Can a permit provide for negotiated remedies in the event of a permit violation?

166.703 What happens if a permit violation occurs?

166.704 What will a written notice of a permit violation contain?

166.705 What will the BIA do if a permit violation is not cured within the required time period?

166.706 Will the BIA's regulations concerning appeal bonds apply to cancellation decisions involving permits? 166.707 When will a cancellation of a permit be effective?

166.708 Can the BIA take emergency action if the rangeland is threatened with immediate, significant, and irreparable

harm?

166.709 What will the BIA do if a permittee holds over after the expiration or cancellation of a permit?

Subpart I-Trespass

166.800 What is trespass?

166.801 What is the BIA's trespass policy? 166.802 Who can enforce this subpart?

NOTIFICATION

166.803 How are trespassers notified of a trespass determination?

166.804 What can I do if I receive a trespass notice?

166.805 How long will a written trespass notice remain in effect?

ACTIONS

166.806 What actions does the BIA take against trespassers?

166.807 When will we impound unauthorized livestock or other property? 166.808 How are trespassers notified if their unauthorized livestock or other property are to be impounded?

166.809 What happens after my unauthorized livestock or other property are impounded?

166.810 How do I redeem my impounded livestock or other property?

166.811 How will the sale of impounded livestock or other property be conducted?

PENALTIES, DAMAGES, AND COSTS

166.812 What are the penalties, damages, and costs payable by trespassers on Indian agricultural land?

166.813 How will the BIA determine the value of forage or crops consumed or destroyed?

166.814 How will the BIA determine the value of the products or property illegally used or removed?

166.815 How will the BIA determine the amount of damages to Indian agricultural land?

166.816 How will the

BIA determine the costs associated with enforcement of the trespass?

166.817 What happens if I do not pay the assessed penalties, damages and costs? 166.818 How are the proceeds from trespass distributed?

166.819 What happens if the BIA does not collect enough money to satisfy the penalty?

Subpart J-Agriculture Education, Education Assistance, Recruitment, and Training

166.900 How are the Indian agriculture education programs operated?

166.901 How will the BIA select an agriculture intern?

166.902 How can I become an agriculture educational employment student?

166.903 How can I get an agriculture scholarship?

166.904 What is agriculture education out

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; Sec. 6, 96 Stat. 986, 25 U.S.C. 466. Interpret or apply R.S. 2078, 25 U.S.C. 68; R.S. 2117, 25 U.S.C. 179; Sec. 3, 26 Stat. 795, 25 U.S.C. 397; Sec. 1, 28 Stat. 305, 25 U.S.C. 402; Sec. 4, 36 Stat. 856, 25 U.S.C. 403; Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 128, 25 U.S.C. 394; Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 1232, 25 U.S.C. 393; Sec. 16, 17, 48 Stat. 987, 988, 25 U.S.C. 476, 477; Sec. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 69 Stat. 539, 540, 25 U.S.C. 415, 415a, 415b, 415c, 415d, 25 U.S.C. 3701, 3702, 3703, 3711, 3712, 3713, 3714, 3731, 3732, 3733, 3734, 3741, 3742, 3743, 3744, 3745, 107 Stat. 2011; 44 U.S.C. §3101, et seq.) SOURCE: 66 FR 7126, Jan. 22, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A-Purpose, Scope, and Definitions

§ 166.1 What is the purpose and scope of this part?

(a) The purpose of this part is to describe the authorities, policies, and procedures the BIA uses to approve, grant, and administer a permit for grazing on tribal land, individuallyowned Indian land, or government land.

(b) If the BIA's approval is not required for a permit, these regulations will not apply.

(c) These regulations do not apply to any tribal land which is permitted under a corporate charter issued by us pursuant to 25 U.S.C. §477, or under a special act of Congress authorizing permits without our approval under certain conditions, except to the extent that the authorizing statutes require us to enforce such permits on behalf of the Indian landowners.

(d) To the extent that any provisions of this part conflict with Section 213 of the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000, the provisions of that act will govern.

(e) In approving a permit on behalf of the Indian landowners, the BIA will not permit for fee interest owners nor will we collect rent on behalf of fee interest owners. Our permitting of the trust and restricted interests of the Indian landowners will not be conditioned on a permit having been obtained from any fee interest owners. However, where all of the trust or restricted interests in a tract are subject to a life estate held in fee status, we will approve a permit of the remainder interests of the Indian landowners only

if such action is necessary to preserve the value of the land or protect the interests of the Indian landowners. Where a life estate and remainder interest are both owned in trust or restricted status, the life estate and remainder interest must both be permitted under these regulations, unless the permit is for less than one year in duration. Unless otherwise provided by the document creating the life estate or by agreement, rent payable under the permit must be paid to the holder of the life estate under part 179 of this title.

§ 166.2 Can the BIA waive the application of these regulations?

Yes. In any case in which these regulations conflict with the objectives of the agricultural resource management plan provided for in §166.311 of this part, or with a tribal law, the BIA may waive the application of such regulations unless the waiver would constitute a violation of a federal statute or judicial decision or would conflict with the BIA's general trust responsibility under federal law.

§ 166.3 May decisions under this part be appealed?

Yes. Except where otherwise provided in this part, appeals from decisions by the BIA under this part may be taken pursuant to 25 CFR part 2.

$166.4 What terms do I need to know? Adult means an individual Indian who is 18 years of age or older.

Agency means the agency or field office or any other designated office in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) having jurisdiction over trust or restricted property or money.

Agricultural product means:

(1) Crops grown under cultivated conditions whether used for personal consumption, subsistence, or sold for commercial benefit;

(2) Domestic livestock, including cattle, sheep, goats, horses, buffalo, swine, reindeer, fowl, or other animals specifically raised and used for food or fiber or as a beast of burden:

(3) Forage, hay, fodder, food grains, crop residues and other items grown or harvested for the feeding and care of