House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act
Official title: To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize States to approve certain organizations to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the Forest Legacy Program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2771.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 64, April 9, 2025, Page H1563):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2771, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2771
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2026
- 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 April 7, 2026). 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 — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats
2 of 11 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adam Gray (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Josh Riley (D-NY), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.