Joint Chiefs Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill renews and updates a federal program that helps restore forests and nearby lands. It adds clear goals like helping areas recover after wildfires and improving soil and water health. It also requires the two main agencies that manage these lands to work closely together and use the best available science. The program’s authority is extended through 2031, and it keeps protections for roadless areas in national forests in place.

Key points

• Who is affected: Communities near forests and rangelands, private landowners who partner on restoration, and people who rely on clean water and healthy forests.
• What changes: Adds wildfire recovery and soil/water improvements as program goals; strengthens coordination between the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Forest Service; keeps roadless-area protections.
• When: The program continues through 2031.