Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 16, 2025)
Post-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.
What just happenedMar 17, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Who’s behind it
- Referred in SenateMar 17, 2026
- Engrossed in HouseMar 16, 2026
- Reported in HouseSep 15, 2025
- Introduced in HouseJan 16, 2025
- Mar 17, 2026IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Mar 16, 2026FloorH38310
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 16, 2026FloorH37300
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2524)
- Mar 16, 2026Floor8000
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, 2026FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 528.
- Mar 16, 2026FloorH30000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2524-2525)
- Mar 16, 2026FloorH30300
Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 15, 2025CalendarsH12410
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232.
- Sep 15, 2025DischargeH12300
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Agriculture Committee - Sep 15, 2025Committee5500
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Agriculture Committee - Sep 15, 2025CommitteeH12200
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I.
Natural Resources Committee - Sep 15, 2025Committee5000
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I.
Natural Resources Committee - Jul 23, 2025Committee
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Natural Resources Committee - Jul 23, 2025Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Natural Resources Committee - Jul 23, 2025Committee
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
Natural Resources Committee - Apr 29, 2025Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Federal Lands Subcommittee - Apr 23, 2025Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Federal Lands Subcommittee - Jan 16, 2025IntroReferralH11100
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.
Agriculture Committee - Jan 16, 2025IntroReferralH11100
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.
Natural Resources Committee - Jan 16, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House