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H.R. 4614: Resilient Federal Forests Act

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H.R. 4614: Resilient Federal Forests Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-22 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Resilient Federal Forests Act

Plain summary

Resilient Federal Forests Act This bill modifies and sets forth provisions regarding forest management activities on National Forest System, public, and tribal lands. The bill provides for, among other things the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior to conduct fireshed management projects in fireshed management areas, certain categorical exclusions for various purposes, the balancing of the short- and long-term effects of forest management activities while considering injunctive relief, USDA and Interior to establish their own discretionary arbitration pilot programs as an alternative dispute resolution process for forest management activities, increasing the maximum term for a stewardship end result contract to 20 years, demonstration projects to support the development and commercialization of biochar on Indian forest lands or rangelands and in nearby communities by providing reliable supplies of feedstock from federal lands, the decommissioning of certain Forest Service Roads within designated high fire-prone areas, repealing of the Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands, making the Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines inapplicable to any National Forest System lands or public lands, development of a protection plan for giant sequoia trees on National Forest System lands and public lands, and permanent rights of access to the Oregon and California Railroad grant lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands for private landowners issued reciprocal road rights-of-way.

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Official text

Resilient Federal Forests Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] · 76 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), James R. Baird (R-IN), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Steve Scalise (R-LA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Jason Smith (R-MO), Pete Stauber (R-MN) and 16 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] reported raising $3.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Resolution
A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4614 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117