H.R. 528 House Public Lands and Natural Resources
Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025
STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR
Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on energy and natural resources on Mar 17, 2026.
- House Introduced in House Jan 16, 2025
- 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. Jan 16, 2025
- House Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Apr 23, 2025
- House Subcommittee Hearings Held Apr 29, 2025
- House Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged Jul 23, 2025
- House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jul 23, 2025
- House Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. Jul 23, 2025
- House Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I. Sep 15, 2025
- House Committee on Agriculture discharged. Sep 15, 2025
- House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232. Sep 15, 2025
- House 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) Mar 16, 2026
- House Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Mar 16, 2026
- House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2524-2525) Mar 16, 2026
- House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 528. Mar 16, 2026
- House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. Mar 16, 2026
- House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2524) Mar 16, 2026
- House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Mar 16, 2026
- Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Mar 17, 2026
Cosponsors
2
Subjects
Congressional oversightEcologyEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchForests, forestry, treesLand use and conservation
Committees
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- [Referred To, Mar 17, 2026]
- Agriculture Committee
- [Discharged From, Sep 15, 2025]
- [Referred To, Jan 16, 2025]
- Natural Resources Committee
- [Reported By, Sep 15, 2025]
- [Markup By, Jul 23, 2025]
- [Discharged from, Jul 23, 2025]
- [Referred To, Jan 16, 2025]
Summary
Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025This 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.
[Summary as of: Introduced in House]
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