Summary

Authorizes multiple federal agencies to award grants and enter into agreements with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to support tribal tourism and visitor experience activities. Provides authorization of $35,000,000 total for fiscal years 2025–2029 to carry out the new grant authority, subject to appropriation.

Key Points

• Authorizes multiple federal agencies to make grants and enter into agreements with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
• Specifically names the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations as grantors, and includes other agency heads such as Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, HHS, and Labor.
• Provides an authorization of $35,000,000 total for fiscal years 2025–2029, subject to appropriation.
• Targets activities that advance tribal tourism and visitor experience goals (planning, development, capacity-building, promotion, etc.).
• Does not itself appropriate funds; actual spending requires future appropriations.
• Expands interagency ability to partner with tribal and Native Hawaiian entities, likely increasing coordinated federal support.
• Implementation will require agencies to establish or modify grant processes and interagency coordination.
• Broad, non-earmarked grant authority rather than funding tied to specific local projects or named recipients.

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