Locally Led Restoration Act of 2025
This bill amends wildfire fuel removal rules under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act to allow private entities, local groups, and other organizations to directly propose projects for federal land management agencies (Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management). It requires that at least 10% of vegetation removed in these projects must be "salvage" (dead/dying trees from wildfires or pests), mandates a 120-day response time for proposals, and requires environmental reviews before contracts are finalized. The bill also adjusts the timber sale threshold for inflation, raising the minimum from $10,000 to $55,000 annually based on the Consumer Price Index. These changes aim to streamline locally proposed wildfire hazard reduction projects while maintaining federal oversight and environmental safeguards.
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Introduction
May 2025
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Introduced May 29, 2025
Last action May 29, 2025
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May 29, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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May 29, 2025
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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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Doug LaMalfa
RRepublican
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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
RRepublican
Co
Jeff Hurd
RRepublican
Co
Jim Costa
DDemocratic
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