Legislation· Nov 2024Sponsored by Bruce Westerman (R)
Fix Our Forests Act
Would have sped up wildfire-risk forest projects on federal land by limiting environmental reviews and lawsuits.
Tradeoff
Would have sped up forest-thinning projects by exempting some work from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review. Would have limited species-protection consultations and court remedies that can slow those projects.
What's in it
The House passed this 268-151 on September 24, 2024, and the Senate never voted on it before the bill expired.
House
Introduced
(Jun 18, 2024)
House
Committee on Natural Resources(Jun 18, 2024)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
House
The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor
Reported by (Jun 26, 2024)
Committee report H. Rept. 118-674, Part I.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #448 · Sep 24, 2024)
268 yeanay 151Senate
Received from the House
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry(Nov 12, 2024)
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Ami Bera (D-CA)
- John S. Duarte (R-CA)
- James C. Moylan (R-GU)
- Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)
- Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
- Jerry L. Carl (R-AL)
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR)
- Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)
- Mike Collins (R-GA)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Young Kim (R-CA)
- Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
Passage votes· Sep 24, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025