3.0.0 449 2026-02-02T17:35:58Z 2026-02-02T17:35:58Z Senate S S 2025-02-06 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/449 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-06T17:48:57Z 2025-02-06 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S794) IntroReferral 2025-02-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD N R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2025-02-06 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2025-02-10 False Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 2025-03-12T17:08:40Z

00 2025-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-02T17:35:32Z <p><strong>Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill excludes from environmental review certain projects that reduce the risk of damage to National Forests from wildfires&nbsp;or insect infestations. It also makes permanent the authority for states to retain and use revenues from good neighbor agreement timber sales&nbsp;for certain restoration services.</p><p>The bill exempts such projects from federal environmental review requirements if the projects are carried out in (1) insect and disease treatment areas where timber harvest activities are allowed; or (2) areas in Fire Regime Group IV, which are areas that typically burn every 35-200 years with high severity. However, the exemption does not apply to National Wilderness Preservation System lands or certain roadless areas.</p><p>The Forest Service must conduct an environmental review for such a project if it is carried out in (1) an area where significant resource concerns exist; or (2) an insect and disease treatment area larger than a certain size.</p><p>In the case of environmental reviews of other projects addressing wildfires or insect infestations, the Forest Service&nbsp;only must describe (1) the proposed agency action, and (2) the alternative of no agency action.&nbsp;</p><p>In insect and disease treatment areas,&nbsp;the Forest Service must&nbsp;prioritize reducing the risks of insect infestations and wildfires over other objectives in forest plans.</p>

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