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Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act

Key claim: HR7954, the Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act, advanced to subcommittee hearings to support buffalo restoration and management programs for Indian tribes.

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(HR7954 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-05-21): Subcommittee Hearings Held

Why this matters

Tribal buffalo restoration sits at the intersection of federal Indian policy, rural livestock production, and food sovereignty, and a codified management program would formalize long-running interagency support for tribal herds. For farmers and ranchers the bill is largely non-competitive (bison numbers are small relative to beef), but it can affect grazing, disease-management, and tribal food-system economics; consumer and food-price effects are minimal.

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Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act
Stage: introduced · congress · 21-may-2026

HR7954, the Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act, advanced to subcommittee hearings to support buffalo restoration and management programs for Indian tribes.

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External: congress:119-hr-7954:introduced

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