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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 528
Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act
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Introduced 2025-01-16Topic: environment · climateSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServicePost-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025 This bill directs the Department of the Interior to carry out a program for post-disaster reforestation and restoration. Interior must identify covered lands requiring reforestation and restoration following unplanned disturbances that are unlikely to experience natural regeneration without assistance. Covered land means (1) any federal land or interest in land administered by the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Forest Service, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) any Indian Forest Land or Rangeland. Interior must propose a list that prioritizes projects for reforestation and restoration for each fiscal year. Interior may (1) carry out priority projects through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements; and (2) support any grant contract or cooperative agreement that may be necessary to ensure adequate and appropriate seed and seedling availability to further the objectives of priority projects.
Sponsors
- Brittany Pettersen Democrat sponsor
- 2 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | refer |
| 2026-03-16 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2026-03-16 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2524) | |
| 2026-03-16 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2524) | floor pass | |
| 2026-03-16 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 528. | |
| 2026-03-16 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2524-2525) | |
| 2026-03-16 | House | Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232. | |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Committee on Agriculture discharged. | report |
| 2025-09-15 | Committee on Agriculture discharged. | report | |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I. | report |
| 2025-09-15 | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I. | report | |
| 2025-07-23 | House | Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. | refer |
| 2025-07-23 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | refer |
| 2025-07-23 | House | Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged | refer |
| 2025-04-29 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held | refer |
| 2025-04-23 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | refer |
| 2025-01-16 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-01-16 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-01-16 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-01-16 | Introduced in House | introduce |