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H.R. 471Passed House

Fix Our Forests Act

Introduced: Jan 16, 2025

Latest action date: Mar 6, 2025

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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-27.

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Congress
119th Congress
Introduced
Jan 16, 2025
Recorded roll calls
1

Status detail: The full action history records passage in the House.

Plain-language overview

What this bill does

Fix Our Forests Act

This 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 restoration and stewardship activities (including watershed protection and restoration), conducting biochar demonstration projects, advancing technologies to address forest wildfires, and assisting wildland firefighters and their families.

Official summary from Congress.gov.

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Official CRS policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAgricultural practices and innovationsAlternative and renewable resourcesBuilding constructionCaliforniaClimate change and greenhouse gasesCommunity life and organizationComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightData collection, sharing, protectionDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorEcologyEmergency planning and evacuationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFiresFirst responders and emergency personnel

Committee activity

Committees and subcommittees that received, reviewed, marked up, or reported this legislation.

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Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology Subcommittee

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

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Committee referral recorded; detailed activity dates are not available.

Amendments

Proposed changes to this measure, with their latest official outcome or action from Congress.gov.

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H.Amdt. 3houseAgreed toJan 23, 2025

An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 119-1 to allow the U.S. Forest Service to approve the removal of hazardous trees near power lines on federal land without requiring a timber sale, easing a serious threat that has in the past been a major cause of destructive wildfires.

Latest action: On agreeing to the Carbajal amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.

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H.Amdt. 2houseAgreed toJan 23, 2025

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 119-1 to strike carbon sequestration and ecosystem services prioritization from section 301 biochar demonstration projects.

Latest action: On agreeing to the Perry amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.

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Checked against Congress.gov Oct 10, 2026.

Action timeline

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  1. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-27.

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  2. Received in the Senate.

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  3. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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  4. Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 279 - 141 (Roll no. 25). (text: CR H321-333)

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  5. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 279 - 141 (Roll no. 25). (text: CR H321-333)

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  6. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H346-347)

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  7. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 471, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Peters demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

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  8. The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

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  9. The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

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  10. The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 471.

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  11. DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 53, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Carbajal amendment No. 2.

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  12. DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 53, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Perry amendment No. 1.

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  13. GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 471.

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  14. The Speaker designated the Honorable Dale W. Strong to act as Chairman of the Committee.

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  15. House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 53 and Rule XVIII.

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  16. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 471 and S. 5. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 471 under a structured rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit. Also, the resolution provides for consideration of S. 5 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to commit.

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  17. Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 53. (consideration: CR H312-335)

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  18. Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 53 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 471 and S. 5. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 471 under a structured rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit. Also, the resolution provides for consideration of S. 5 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to commit.

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  19. Introduced in House

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  20. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

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  21. Introduced in House

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Roll-call votes

Recorded House and Senate votes connected to this bill. Your representatives appear first when available.

PassedJan 23, 2025House · Roll call 25

On Passage

279 Yea141 Nay13 Not Voting
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David ScottNay
Doug LaMalfaYea
Eric SwalwellYea
Frank J. MrvanNot Voting
Gerald E. ConnollyNay
Gwen MooreNot Voting
J. Luis CorreaNot Voting
John GaramendiNot Voting
Josh RileyNot Voting
Marjorie Taylor GreeneYea
Mark E. GreenYea
Mikie SherrillYea
Nancy PelosiNot Voting
Pramila JayapalNot Voting
Raúl M. GrijalvaNot Voting
Roger WilliamsNot Voting
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormickNay
Sylvester TurnerNay
Tony GonzalesYea

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