S2566-119

Introduced

To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize States to approve certain organizations to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the Forest Legacy Program, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Jul 31, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize States to approve certain organizations to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the Forest Legacy Program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Immigration.

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 H8D91938B49E147F6BA19BC7786A47BF1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act.
  • Section H89DA9FC14F604C4BBCC60337BEBFBCDD: 2. Authority of States to allow qualified organizations to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the Forest Legacy Program Section 7 of the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize States to approve certain organizations to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the Forest Legacy Program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Finance, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize States to approve certain organizations to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the Forest Legacy Program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Finance Immigration

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

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 31, 2025

Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Finance Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"qualified organization" §H89DA9FC14F604C4BBCC60337BEBFBCDD

an organization that—(A)is a qualified organization (as defined in section 170(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)

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