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H.R. 8790: Fix Our Forests Act

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H.R. 8790: Fix Our Forests Act

118th Congress · introduced 2024-06-18 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2024-06-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 448 (2024): On Passage, HR8790 (2024-09-24), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Fix Our Forests Act

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Official text

Fix Our Forests Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr8790.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] · 23 cosponsors

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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), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Ami Bera (D-CA), James C. Moylan (R-GU), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), 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)

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.

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong118-hr8790 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118