House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Forest Service Accountability Act
Official title: To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to provide that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Chief of the Forest Service.
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan Zinke R-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 28, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1762.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ZINKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H921):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1762, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Julia Letlow (R-LA), James Moylan (R-GU), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), August Pfluger (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ryan Zinke.
- H.R. 8665 (119th) Allied Defense Sales Act
- H.R. 3613 (119th) Streamlining Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025
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- H.R. 718 (119th) Public Lands in Public Hands Act
- H.R. 717 (119th) Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act of 2025
- H.R. 6120 (119th) SROS Act
Related bills
- S. 1061 (119th) Forest Service Accountability ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.