House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Accelerating Forest Management Act
Official title: To codify the categorical exclusion proposed in the National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Land Management related to salvage harvesting published on April 6, 2026, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2026 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8682.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOWNING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 78, May 7, 2026, Page H3343):Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8682, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8682
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Downing.
- H.R. 7250 (119th) To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
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- H.R. 1190 (119th) Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act
- H.R. 4495 (119th) SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
- H.R. 3959 (119th) Protecting Private Job Creators Act
- H.R. 725 (119th) Crow Revenue Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.