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H.R. 4412119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Jul 15, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Joint Chiefs Reauthorization Act of 2025
Introduced:
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A federal land restoration program shared by two agencies is extended through 2031 and expanded to cover wildfire recovery and soil and water work.
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This bill extends a joint federal program through 2031, giving it about eight more years to fund land restoration projects on national forests and nearby private farmland. It also expands the program's goals to include wildfire recovery and improving soil and water resources. The two agencies involved must better coordinate their plans, use the best available science, and align projects with state-level forest, wildlife, or water priority plans.
Farmers, ranchers, and rural landowners whose property sits near national forests are most directly affected. Federal agency staff and local communities that depend on healthy forests and watersheds are also affected.
Extending the program means the U.S. Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service continue working together on restoration rather than operating separately. Adding wildfire recovery and soil and water goals means the program can respond to a wider range of land conditions.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.