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Official title: To provide mandatory funding for hazardous fuels reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 7, 2025 by Val Hoyle · Last progress July 7, 2025
The bill directs large, near-term Federal investments to reduce wildfire risk, protect watersheds, and boost local capacity—especially for rural and tribal areas—while trading off higher Federal spending, reduced congressional control, potential environmental/cultural risks, and uneven distribution or administrative burdens.
Residents near and on federal lands (including tribal and rural communities) will receive a large, one-time infusion of funding—$30 billion—to accelerate landscape-scale fuels reduction and resilience projects.
Communities near treated forests (especially homeowners and rural towns) will face lower risk of uncharacteristic wildfires, improving public safety and protecting lives and property.
High-value watersheds and drinking water sources downstream of treated areas will be better protected from post-fire erosion and water-quality degradation.
The bill substantially increases Federal spending (the $30 billion transfer plus multi-year and county payments), raising fiscal concerns about deficits, future tax/borrowing implications, and crowding out other priorities.
Giving allocation authority to the Treasury Secretary and allowing agencies to use transferred funds without further appropriation reduces congressional oversight and could create interagency or stakeholder disputes over distribution and priorities.
Large-scale treatments and relaxed spending constraints risk harming ecological values or cultural resources if site-specific assessments and safeguards are inadequate; likewise, county flexibility in spending could dilute intended environmental benefits.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Directs federal agencies to carry out prioritized hazardous fuels reduction projects and provides a one-time $30B Treasury transfer plus supplemental funding and county revenue-sharing tied to stewardship contracts.
Requires five federal land management agencies to carry out prioritized hazardous fuels reduction projects on covered Federal lands near at-risk communities, important watersheds, and high wildfire-hazard areas, and aligns projects with the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. Provides a one-time $30 billion transfer from the Treasury for those projects (available until expended) with no further appropriation required, limits planning/admin spending to 10%, and creates recurring and supplemental funding and county-level revenue sharing for stewardship contracts. Also updates the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to add restoration purposes, monitoring, staffing-plan requirements, and evaluation criteria.