; and (2) by inserting after subtitle H ( 16 U.S.C. 3865 et seq. ) the following: I Forest Conservation Easement Program 1267. Establishment and purposes (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a forest conservation easement program for the conservation and restoration of eligible land and natural resources through the acquisition of conservation easements or other interests in land. (b) Purposes The purposes of the program are— (1) to protect the viability and sustainability of working forest land, and related conservation values of eligible land, by limiting the negative effects of nonforest land uses of such land; (2) to protect and enhance forest ecosystem and landscape functions and values; (3) to promote the restoration, protection, and improvement of habitat of species that are threatened, endangered, or otherwise at risk; and (4) to carry out the purposes and functions of the healthy forests reserve program established under title V of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6571 et seq. ), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this section. 1267A. Definitions In this subtitle: (1) Acreage owned by an Indian Tribe The term acreage owned by an Indian Tribe means— (A) land that is held in trust by the United States for Indian Tribes or individual Indians; (B) land, the title to which is held by Indian Tribes or individual Indians subject to Federal restrictions against alienation or encumbrance; (C) land that is subject to rights of use, occupancy, and benefit of certain Indian Tribes; (D) land that is held in fee title by an Indian Tribe; (E) land that is owned by a native corporation formed under— (i) section 17 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act ) ( 25 U.S.C. 5124 ); or (ii) section 8 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1607 )