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1 people in socially acceptable activities heretofore unavailable within 



2 Tribal management structures. Permanent positions in professional 



3 management programs will have to be developed to achieve Tribal 



4 self-sufficiency in providing jobs for a variety of membership groups 



5 as well as to defend the integrity of the Tribal resource base. 



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7 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 



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9 SECTION 3. Funding of Native American Programs: This 



10 Section will authorize the funding necessary to implement the 



11 management programs of Tribal fish, wildlife and recreation 



12 resources. Current funding levels are totally inadequate to meet the 



13 needs of resource management that Tribes are facing. The process 



14 for obtaining funding through direct government appropriations 



15 fails to provide long term stability to the management process. 



16 Under the provisions of this Act, a system to fund Tribal programs 



17 will be defined that will provide revenues to fund these activities 



18 through elements currently available to Tribal Governments and 



19 those that have historically been unavailable. Tribal Governments 



20 have the ability to tax in certain instances (e.g., liquor, minerals, 



21 trespass fees, etc.), to require permits for resource utilization (e.g., 



22 hunting licenses, recreational fishing permits, camping fees, etc.) and 



23 to impose severance taxes on mineral and forest resources. They 



24 also have vested interests in federal funds such as Dingell- 



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