HR 528
Passed a chamber
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to identify federal and tribal lands that need replanting or restoration after wildfires, insect or disease outbreaks, or weather events, and to fund priority projects on them.
Official title: Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
16-JAN-2025
Referred
16-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
15-SEP-2025
On the calendar
15-SEP-2025
Passed
16-MAR-2026
Senate
Received
17-MAR-2026
- Requires the Secretary of the Interior to identify lands needing reforestation or restoration within 1 year of enactment and annually after that.
- Allows priority projects to be carried out through competitive grants, contracts, including contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and cooperative agreements.
- Covers federal land managed by the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Indian Affairs, plus certain tribal trust land.
- Requires reports to Congress starting 2 years after enactment, and ends the program's authority 7 years after enactment.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (16-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 16-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Agriculture Committee (House)
- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Federal Lands Subcommittee
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
■ 2 R
2 Republicans