House Passes Fix Our Forests Act to Speed Up Forest Thinning and Limit Wildfire Lawsuit Delays
The Fix Our Forests Act passed the House and is now in the Senate for consideration. The bill has been stalled with no recorded action for 16 months since March 2025. It is unlikely to move forward because the Senate has not scheduled a vote on it.
279–141
No action since March 2025
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 8790 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 8790 (118th) →How this policy affects specific groups of people
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.
On 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.
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.
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.
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.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Fix Our Forests Act
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