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HR 528 · in committee · significant

Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act

What this bill does

  • The Interior Department will manage a program to replant and restore federal forests and tribal lands after disasters.
  • The program affects national parks, wildlife refuges, and other federal lands managed by multiple agencies.
  • Interior will prioritize projects yearly and fund them through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with seed suppliers.

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  1. 01

    How should the Interior Department decide which disaster-affected federal forests to prioritize for reforestation when funding is limited?

  2. 02

    What role should tribal nations play in designing and implementing restoration projects on their own lands under this program?

  3. 03

    What evidence exists that post-disaster reforestation improves forest health compared to allowing natural recovery without intervention?

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Brittany Pettersen

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Introduced 2026-03-17

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-03-17 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

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

  3. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2524)

  4. 2026-03-16 · Floor

    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)

  5. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 528.

  6. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2524-2525)

  7. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-09-15 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232.

  9. 2025-09-15 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  10. 2025-09-15 · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  11. 2025-09-15 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I.

  12. 2025-09-15 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I.

  13. 2025-07-23 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  14. 2025-07-23 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-07-23 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

  16. 2025-04-29 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  17. 2025-04-23 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  18. 2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  19. 2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  20. 2025-01-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  21. 2025-01-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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