Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB471

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  

Caption

Fix Our Forests Act

Congress_id

119-HR-471

Policy_area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Introduced_date

2025-01-16

Companion Bills

US HR53

Related Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

US HB598

Related FIR Act Forest Information Reform Act

US HB2405

Related The White Oak Resilience Act

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