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US HB3361

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Neguse

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Reauthorizes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program through 2034, extending it from the previous 2023 expiration date

  • Doubles the maximum per-project funding from $4,000,000 to $8,000,000 and increases the maximum number of selected proposals from 10 to 20, with new proposals rising from 2 to 4 per year

  • Expands program priorities to include proposals addressing wildfire risk reduction, ecological restoration across State, Tribal, and private lands, and projects within the wildland-urban interface

  • Adds new requirements for standardized monitoring questions and indicators, Federal staffing plans to support collaborative groups, and consideration of innovative implementation mechanisms like conservation finance agreements

  • Broadens program scope to cover pathogens (in addition to invasive species), watershed health, drinking water source protection, and conflict resolution or collaborative governance support

Legislative Description

Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2025

Public lands and natural resources

Last 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.

5/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Agriculture5/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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