S449-119

In Committee

Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Feb 6, 2025

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, Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Healthcare, 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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act of 2025.
  • Section id7E804E8B55C0401F89E01821CBDDC8A1: 2. Application by Forest Service of authorities to expedite environmental analyses in carrying out hazardous fuel and insect and disease risk reduction...
  • Section idc4cdcc943da344289eb1168c3811202b: 3. Good neighbor authority Section 8206(b)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(b)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the...

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, Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Healthcare, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Healthcare Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 6, 2025

Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Risch) introduced the following …

Feb 6, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …

Feb 6, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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 Healthcare Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"insect and disease treatment area" §id7E804E8B55C0401F89E01821CBDDC8A1

an area that—(i)is designated by the Secretary as an insect and disease treatment area under this title

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