Fix Our Forests Act
House Passes Fix Our Forests Act to Speed Up Forest Thinning and Limit Wildfire Lawsuit Delays
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
279–141
Key Points
- Sets up “fireshed” high-risk zones on Forest Service, BLM, and Tribal lands to focus wildfire prevention work.
- Speeds up approvals for projects like thinning, prescribed burns, fire breaks, and removing dead or risky trees in those zones.
- Creates a new Fireshed Center and public online map to track fire risk, past treatments, planned projects, permits, and costs.
- Makes it harder and faster-deadline to sue over these wildfire projects, and limits when courts can pause work.
- Adds community help: easier grant applications, research on fire-resistant building, power-line vegetation rules, seed supply plans, and family help for injured or killed firefighters.
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Milestones
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-27.
Received in the Senate.
The Senate has received the House-passed bill and will decide whether to take it up.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 279 - 141 (Roll no. 25). (text: CR H321-333)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 279 - 141 (Roll no. 25). (text: CR H321-333)
The House of Representatives voted to approve this bill. It now goes to the Senate.
Vote Results
10 votesOn Passage
On Agreeing to the Amendment
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 119-1 to strike carbon sequestration and ecosystem services prioritization from section 301 biochar demonstration projects.
On Agreeing to the Amendment
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 119-1 to strike carbon sequestration and ecosystem services prioritization from section 301 biochar demonstration projects.
Related News
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Sen. John Hickenlooper and a bipartisan group introduced the Senate version of the Fix Our Forests Act to improve management on federal lands. The bill aims to address the wildfire crisis by giving agencies tools to move at the speed and intensity of the problem, despite environmental concerns.
Hearing on California wildfires looks to pressure Senate on forest bill
A House subcommittee held a hearing marking the anniversary of destructive L.A. wildfires to pressure the Senate to pass the Fix Our Forests Act. The legislation would expand forest thinning and ease environmental reviews for removing vegetation from utility rights-of-way.
Feds move to expand logging in Pacific Northwest
The Republican-led Fix Our Forests Act mirrors executive orders to increase timber production by exempting logging from review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Conservationists argue the policy is based on the false premise that logging plays a major role in preventing fire.
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Fix Our Forests Act
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