Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Natural Resources Committee Bills & Legislation

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Us Congress House Bill HB410

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025This bill extends for an additional five years the time period during which an eligible Alaska Native veteran may apply for a land allotment under the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Program. The program makes Alaska Native veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Vietnam between August 5, 1964, and December 31, 1971, or their heirs eligible to receive up to 160 acres of federal land in Alaska.Under the current program, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management may accept applications through December 29, 2025. This bill extends this time period for an additional five years to December 29, 2030.
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Us Congress House Bill HB411

Introduced
1/15/25  
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer funds to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) in Baraga County, Michigan, in order to settle the KBIC's land claims and clear title to those lands.The KBIC may use these funds for any lawful purpose except to acquire land for gaming.
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Us Congress House Bill HB435

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Direct Hire To Fight Fires
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Us Congress House Bill HB504

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments ActThis bill expands the Miccosukee Reserved Area to include a portion of Everglades National Park in Florida that is known as Osceola Camp. The Department of the Interior, in consultation with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, must take appropriate actions to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding.
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Us Congress House Bill HB513

Introduced
1/16/25  
Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025
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Us Congress House Bill HB531

Introduced
1/16/25  
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
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Us Congress House Bill HB526

Introduced
1/16/25  
Declaration of Energy Independence Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB534

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
CONTAINER Act Creating Obstructions Necessary To Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB474

Introduced
1/16/25  
Lumbee Fairness Act This bill extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes. Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for such services. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services must develop, in consultation with the tribe, a determination of needs to provide the services for which members of the tribe are eligible. Interior may take land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. Finally, North Carolina must exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the tribe unless jurisdiction is transferred to the United States pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state.
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Us Congress House Bill HB471

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
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 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.
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Us Congress House Bill HB527

Introduced
1/16/25  
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025This bill requires the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a competitive grant program to fund satellite monitoring of wildfires. The entities eligible to receive the grants are state foresters, emergency managers, and equivalent state officials. Grant recipients must use the funds for purchasing and integrating satellite data on wildfire monitoring and for using the data to detect and manage wildfires. 
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Us Congress House Bill HB521

Introduced
1/16/25  
Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB576

Introduced
1/21/25  
To codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation's commitment to environmental justice for all.
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Us Congress House Bill HB596

Introduced
1/21/25  
Report on Grant Consolidation Authority for Puerto Rico ActThis bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress regarding the consolidation of certain grant programs currently available to insular areas and the suitability of such consolidation for Puerto Rico. (At present, such consolidation allows insular areas to apply for a consolidated grant in lieu of filing an individual application for each eligible grant program.)Further, any official of Puerto Rico from whom the GAO seeks information for purposes of that report must promptly and comprehensively respond to such request for information.
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Us Congress House Bill HB598

Introduced
1/21/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
FIR Act Forest Information Reform Act