TRIBAL PROVISIONS; PLANNING AND STUDIES.

SEC. 1207. TRIBAL PROVISIONS; PLANNING AND STUDIES.(a) Transportation Plan.—(1) In general.—The Secretary shall seek to participate in the development of an integrated, multimodal transportation plan developed by the Oregon Department of Transportation for the Mount Hood region to achieve comprehensive solutions to transportation challenges in the Mount Hood region—(A) to promote appropriate economic development;(B) to preserve the landscape of the Mount Hood region; and(C) to enhance public safety.(2) Issues to be addressed.—In participating in the development of the transportation plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek to address—(A) transportation alternatives between and among recreation areas and gateway communities that are located within the Mount Hood region;(B) establishing park-and-ride facilities that shall be located at gateway communities;(C) establishing intermodal transportation centers to link public transportation, parking, and recreation destinations;(D) creating a new interchange on Oregon State Highway 26 located adjacent to or within Government Camp;(E) designating, maintaining, and improving alternative routes using Forest Service or State roads for—(i) providing emergency routes; or(ii) improving access to, and travel within, the Mount Hood region;(F) the feasibility of establishing—(i) a gondola connection that—(I) connects Timberline Lodge to Government Camp; and(II) is located in close proximity to the site of the historic gondola corridor; and(ii) an intermodal transportation center to be located in close proximity to Government Camp;(G) burying power lines located in, or adjacent to, the Mount Hood National Forest along Interstate 84 near the City of Cascade Locks, Oregon; and(H) creating mechanisms for funding the implementation of the transportation plan under paragraph (1), including—(i) funds provided by the Federal Government;(ii) public-private partnerships;(iii) incremental tax financing; and123 STAT. 1024(iv) other financing tools that link transportation infrastructure improvements with development.(b) Mount Hood National Forest Stewardship Strategy.—(1) In general.—The Secretary shall prepare a report on, and implementation schedule for, the vegetation management strategy (including recommendations for biomass utilization) for the Mount Hood National Forest being developed by the Forest Service.(2) Submission to congress.—(A) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the report to—(i) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and(ii) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.(B) Implementation schedule.—Not later than 1 year after the date on which the vegetation management strategy referred to in paragraph (1) is completed, the Secretary shall submit the implementation schedule to—(i) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and(ii) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.(c) Local and Tribal Relationships.—(1) Management plan.—(A) In general.—The Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes with treaty-reserved gathering rights on land encompassed by the Mount Hood National Forest and in a manner consistent with the memorandum of understanding entered into between the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, dated April 25, 2003, as modified, shall develop and implement a management plan that meets the cultural foods obligations of the United States under applicable treaties, including the Treaty with the Tribes and Bands of Middle Oregon of June 25, 1855 (12 Stat. 963).(B) Effect.—This paragraph shall be considered to be consistent with, and is intended to help implement, the gathering rights reserved by the treaty described in subparagraph (A).(2) Savings provisions regarding relations with indian tribes.—(A) Treaty rights.—Nothing in this subtitle alters, modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates the treaty rights of any Indian tribe, including the off-reservation reserved rights secured by the Treaty with the Tribes and Bands of Middle Oregon of June 25, 1855 (12 Stat. 963).(B) Tribal land.—Nothing in this subtitle affects land held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for Indian tribes or individual members of Indian tribes or other land acquired by the Army Corps of Engineers and administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of Indian tribes and individual members of Indian tribes.(d) Recreational Uses.—123 STAT. 1025(1) Mount hood national forest recreational working group.—The Secretary may establish a working group for the purpose of providing advice and recommendations to the Forest Service on planning and implementing recreation enhancements in the Mount Hood National Forest.(2) Consideration of conversion of forest roads to recreational uses.—In considering a Forest Service road in the Mount Hood National Forest for possible closure and decommissioning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in accordance with applicable law, shall consider, as an alternative to decommissioning the road, converting the road to recreational uses to enhance recreational opportunities in the Mount Hood National Forest.(3) Improved trail access for persons with disabilities.—The Secretary, in consultation with the public, may design and construct a trail at a location selected by the Secretary in Mount Hood National Forest suitable for use by persons with disabilities.