Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program for Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
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What Happened in Congress?
March 16, 2026
- HousePassed by voice vote
Where the Bill Stands
- Introduced, done
- Committee, done
- Floor Vote, done
- Outcome, current stage
What This Bill Does
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to carry out a program for post-disaster reforestation and restoration.
Interior must identify covered lands requiring reforestation and restoration following unplanned disturbances that are unlikely to experience natural regeneration without assistance. Covered land means (1) any federal land or interest in land administered by the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Forest Service, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) any Indian Forest Land or Rangeland.
Interior must propose a list that prioritizes projects for reforestation and restoration for each fiscal year. Interior may (1) carry out priority projects through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements; and (2) support any grant contract or cooperative agreement that may be necessary to ensure adequate and appropriate seed and seedling availability to further the objectives of priority projects.
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Timeline
- SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- House floor actionsMr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Passed the House
- House floor actionsReported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I.
- House committee actionsSubcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- House committee actionsSubcommittee Hearings Held
- House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Library of CongressIntroduced in House
- House floor actionsReferred 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.
- Introduced
- Committee



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