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H.R. 179119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Proven Forest Management Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) · 8 active : 7 Republicans, 1 Independent
Latest action: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-430, Part I.
Where it standsBefore the House43 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govProven Forest Management Act of 2025
This bill sets forth provisions to expedite the approval and implementation of forest management activities and establishes related requirements.
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First, the bill categorically excludes a forest management activity conducted on National Forest System land for reducing forest fuels from certain environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 if the activity (1) does not exceed 10,000 acres (including not more than 3,000 acres of mechanical thinning), (2) is developed in a collaborative manner, and (3) is consistent with the forest plan developed for the relevant National Forest System land.
Next, the bill directs the Forest Service to conduct forest management activities in a manner that attains multiple ecosystem benefits unless the costs associated with attaining such benefits are excessive.
Additionally, the Forest Service must (1) establish any post-program ground condition criteria for a ground disturbance caused by a forest management activity required by the applicable forest plan, and (2) provide for monitoring to ascertain the attainment of relevant post-program conditions.
The bill also allows the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with certain entities to provide for fuel reduction, erosion control, reforestation, and similar activities on federal and nonfederal lands within land adjustment programs.
Finally, the bill directs the Forest Service, when conducting a forest management activity on National Forest System land, to coordinate with impacted parties to increase efficiency and maximize the compatibility of management practices across such land.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Forestry and Horticulture · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Ecology
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Land use and conservation
- Public contracts and procurement
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
8 activeShow all 8 cosponsors
- Darrell Issa (R-CA-48)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA-41)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
- Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3)
- Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
