HR7255-119

In Committee

Santini-Burton Modernization Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 27, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Santini-Burton Modernization Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Healthcare.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H6D535A9DA7554A07B4A4F34423A001A0: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Santini-Burton Modernization Act of 2026.
  • Section H8D83C7FA6A4A49CC9B395929153152DF: 2. Environmentally sensitive land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Section 1 of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3381) (commonly known as the Santini-Burton Act) is amended—...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Santini-Burton Modernization Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, Santini-Burton Modernization Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Healthcare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 27, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced in House

Jan 27, 2026

Mr. Kiley of California (for himself, Ms. Titus, and Ms. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

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