25 U.S.C. § 3714 — Assessment of Indian agricultural management programs

(a) Assessment. Within six months after December 3, 1993, consulting affected Indian^* tribes, the Secretary^* had to contract with a non-Federal entity knowledgeable about agricultural management on Federal and private lands for an independent nationwide assessment of Indian agricultural land management and practices. It had to compare Federal investment and management of Indian trust and restricted agricultural lands with federally owned lands managed by other Federal agencies and with federally served private lands.

(b) Purposes. The assessment had to (1) comprehensively identify improvement, funding, and development needs for all Indian agricultural lands^*; (2) compare management and funding for comparable lands owned or managed by the Federal Government through agencies other than the Bureau^*; and (3) identify obstacles to Indians’ access to agricultural and related rural-development programs generally available to the public.

(c) Implementation. Within one year after December 3, 1993, the Secretary had to give the specified House and Senate committees a status report on the required comparison and file a final report with Congress no later than 18 months after that date.