S. 1462 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Apr 10, 2025
119th Congress
1st SessionS. 1462
1st SessionS. 1462
A BILL
Fix Our Forests Act
In the SenateNo vote yet
Sponsor: Sen. John R. Curtis (R-UT) · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Oct 27, 2025: “Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 2 official versions.
Title I — Landscape-scale restoration · Subtitle A — Addressing emergency wildfire risks in high-priority firesheds · 7
Title I — Landscape-scale restoration · Subtitle B — Expanding collaborative tools to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health · 10
- Sec. 111Modification of treatment of certain revenue and payments under good neighbor agreementsNo change
- Sec. 112Fixing stewardship end result contractingNo change
- Sec. 113Fireshed management project strike teamsNo change
- Sec. 114Locally led restorationNo change
- Sec. 115Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership ProgramNo change
- Sec. 116Collaborative forest landscape restoration programNo change
- Sec. 117Utilizing grazing for wildfire risk reductionNo change
- Sec. 118Water Source Protection ProgramNo change
- Sec. 119Watershed Condition Framework technical correctionsNo change
- Sec. 120Tribal forest protection management activities and projectsNo change
Title I — Landscape-scale restoration · Subtitle C — Litigation reform · 2
Title I — Landscape-scale restoration · Subtitle D — Prescribed fire · 6
- Sec. 131Prescribed fire eligible activities, policies, and practicesNo change
- Sec. 132Human resourcesNo change
- Sec. 133Liability of prescribed fire managersNo change
- Sec. 134Environmental reviewNo change
- Sec. 135Cooperative agreements and contracts for prescribed fireNo change
- Sec. 136Facilitating responsible use of prescribed fireNo change
Title II — Protecting communities in wildland-urban interface · Subtitle A — Community wildfire risk reduction · 5
- Sec. 201Community Wildfire Risk Reduction ProgramNo change
- Sec. 202Community Wildfire Defense Research ProgramNo change
- Sec. 203Community wildfire defense accountabilityNo change
- Sec. 204Community wildfire defense grant program improvementsNo change
- Sec. 205Updated definition of at-risk communityNo change
Title II — Protecting communities in wildland-urban interface · Subtitle B — Vegetation management, reforestation, and local fire suppression · 7
- Sec. 211Vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance relating to electric transmission and distribution facility rights-of-wayNo change
- Sec. 212Fire-safe electrical corridorsNo change
- Sec. 213Categorical exclusion for high-priority hazard treesNo change
- Sec. 214Seeds of Success strategyNo change
- Sec. 215Program to support priority reforestation and restoration projectsNo change
- Sec. 216Reforestation, nurseries, and genetic resources supportNo change
- Sec. 217Fire department repaymentNo change
Title III — Transparency, technology, and partnerships · Subtitle A — Transparency and technology · 7
- Sec. 301Biochar innovations and opportunities for conservation, health, and advancements in researchNo change
- Sec. 302Accurate hazardous fuels reduction reportsNo change
- Sec. 303Public-private wildfire technology deployment and demonstration partnershipNo change
- Sec. 304GAO study on Forest Service policiesNo change
- Sec. 305Keeping forest plans current and monitoredNo change
- Sec. 306Container Aerial Firefighting SystemNo change
- Sec. 307Study on pine beetle infestationNo change
Title III — Transparency, technology, and partnerships · Subtitle B — White oak resilience · 8
- Sec. 311White Oak Restoration Initiative CoalitionNo change
- Sec. 312Forest Service pilot programNo change
- Sec. 313Department of the Interior white oak review and restorationNo change
- Sec. 314White oak regeneration and upland oak habitatNo change
- Sec. 315Tree nursery shortagesNo change
- Sec. 316White oak researchNo change
- Sec. 317USDA formal initiativeNo change
- Sec. 318Use of authoritiesNo change