HR8682-119

In Committee

Accelerating Forest Management Act

119th Congress Introduced May 7, 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, Accelerating Forest Management Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Transportation, Energy.

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 HD2CBF794B595425FA683E46540AFE5F6: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accelerating Forest Management Act.
  • Section H50C85B8FEC014D81A2A4B99111FCCED6: 2. Codification of categorical exclusion Salvage harvesting activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being...
  • Section HC389C8E841AE44C29167869F33E8BA4B: 3. Extension of Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund Title I of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010...

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, Accelerating Forest Management Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Transportation, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Accelerating Forest Management Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Transportation Energy

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
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 21, 2026

Subcommittee Hearings Held

May 12, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

May 7, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

May 7, 2026

Introduced in House

May 7, 2026

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

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Transportation Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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