HR8061-119

In Committee

Forest Resources Accountability Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 24, 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, Forest Resources Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Environment, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers 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, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HCF4933DF2EB04635AB817F5411A32E22: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Forest Resources Accountability Act.
  • Section HF01D746431F94CCAB55C0D25B1545FC2: 2. Findings; purpose Congress finds that— Forest Service staffing decreased by 6,000 between January 20, 2025, and December 31, 2025; since January 20, 2025,...
  • Section H3243034F60214A3183382DB4EEAEDB4C: 3. Prohibition of road construction project in the White River National Forest In this section: The term Federal land means sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Forest Resources Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Environment, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Forest Resources Accountability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Environment Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 24, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 24, 2026

Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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
Energy Environment Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Secretary" §H3243034F60214A3183382DB4EEAEDB4C

the Secretary of Agriculture. In providing adequate access to inholdings within the Federal land, the Secretary shall only provide access to reasonable and necessary routes that are— in existence as of the date of the record of decision

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