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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced March 11, 2025 by Mark Edward Kelly · Last progress March 11, 2025
Directs the Agriculture Secretary to increase Forest Service staffing to support the health, diversity, and productivity of National Forest System lands and to reinstate any Forest Service employees who were involuntarily removed or terminated between January 20, 2025 and February 25, 2025. It requires these actions to occur as soon as practicable after enactment and to use funds already appropriated to the Secretary. The law also authorizes the Secretary to continue carrying out Forest Service projects that have funds authorized or appropriated under four named laws (the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act; the Great American Outdoors Act; the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022).