LEAF Act of 2025

This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, to give preference to local contractors when awarding contracts for wildfire fuel reduction work on federal land, to the maximum extent practicable. A local contractor is one based in the state where the work happens with at least 26 percent of its assigned workforce living in that state, or one located within 60 miles of its home state. Covered work includes thinning, prescribed and cultural burning, timber harvesting, grazing, fuel breaks, removing dead or hazard trees, and some restoration activities. The Secretary would report to Congress within 2 years and yearly after that on contracts awarded, and would set up a process to monitor compliance.

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Sponsors

• Ben Ray Luján Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors