1HOUSE · JAN 23, 2025
Passed the House
279–141PASSED
R 215–0 D 64–141
On Passage · roll 25 · 13 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Fix Our Forests Act
Official title: To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bruce Westerman R-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 23, 2025 · 279–141
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-27.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 471.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H221):Article I of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 471, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/471
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 471. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
56 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
17 of 56 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Ami Bera (D-CA), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Vince Fong (R-CA), Russell Fry (R-SC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Adam Gray (D-CA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Josh Harder (D-CA), J. Hill (R-AR), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), John Joyce (R-PA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman.
- H.R. 4776 (119th) SPEED Act
- H.R. 9250 (119th) Great American Outdoors Act 250
- H.R. 1897 (119th) ESA Amendments Act of 2025
- H.R. 10136 (119th) Crossett Experimental Forest Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1173 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of April 2026 as "Second Chance Month".
- H.Res. 289 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of April 2025 as "Second Chance Month".
Related bills
- H.Res. 53 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest…Related bill
- H.R. 2405 (119th) The White Oak Resilience ActRelated bill
- H.R. 4671 (119th) Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters ActRelated bill
- H.R. 598 (119th) FIR ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.