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HR 598 · in committee · major

FIR Act

What this bill does

  • The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management no longer must restart consultation when new endangered species are listed or critical habitat is designated.
  • This affects environmental reviews and land management decisions that involve threatened or endangered species protections.
  • The change takes effect immediately upon enactment without additional appropriations.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How might reducing consultation requirements for newly listed species affect the timeline and cost of land management projects on federal lands?

  2. 02

    Which stakeholders—environmental groups, timber companies, ranchers, or local governments—would be most impacted by streamlining these endangered species consultation processes?

  3. 03

    What evidence exists that restarting consultations for new species listings has caused significant delays or costs that this bill aims to address?

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Sponsor · R-MT-1

Ryan K. Zinke

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Introduced 2025-02-28

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-28 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

  2. 2025-01-21 · 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.

  3. 2025-01-21 · 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.

  4. 2025-01-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-01-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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