HR471: Fix Our Forests Act
119th Congress (2025–2027) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
119th Congress (2025–2027) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 1 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2025-01-23: Passed |
| Latest action | 2025-03-06: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S. Hrg. 119-27. |
| Policy area | Public Lands and Natural Resources |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Fix Our Forests ActThis bill establishes requirements for managing forests on federal land, including requirements concerning reducing wildfire threats, expediting the review of certain forest management projects, and implementing forest management projects and other activities. Specifically, the bill (1) designates certain firesheds at high risk for wildfires as fireshed management areas; (2) directs the U. S. Forest Service and U. S. Geological Survey to jointly establish an interagency Fireshed Center that is responsible for duties related to assessing and predicting fire, including maintaining a fireshed registry on a publicly accessible website that provides interactive geospatial data on individual firesheds; and (3) makes other requirements related to reducing wildfire. Next, the bill expedites the review of certain forest management projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and exempts certain activities from NEPA review. It also establishes intra-agency strike teams to accelerate the review and any interagency consultation processes under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the National Historic Preservation Act. It also limits consultation requirements concerning threatened and endangered species under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976. Finally, it limits litigation involving fireshed management projects and limits remedies that courts may provide. Additionally, the bill supports reducing community wildfire risks, carrying out forest…
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Agricultural practices and innovations, Alternative and renewable resources, Building construction, California, Climate change and greenhouse gases, Community life and organization, Computers and information technology, Congressional oversight, Data collection, sharing, protection
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-23 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 275 | 139 | 12 | Official tally |
HR471 (Fix Our Forests Act) was introduced in the 119th Congress (2025–2027) by Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4].
On 2025-03-06: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-27.
1 recorded vote in the 119th Congress. The most recent, on 2025-01-23, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.