Permanently authorize streamlined environmental reviews for routine timber salvage projects up to 5,000 acres on BLM lands.

The legislation would permanently authorize streamlined environmental reviews for routine timber salvage projects up to 5,000 acres on BLM lands.

The bill would set a permanent streamlined review standard for qualifying BLM salvage projects.

Downing Introduces the Accelerating Forest Management Act | Representative Troy Downing
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and permanently authorize streamlined environmental reviews for routine timber salvage projects up to 5,000 acres on BLM lands

Downing introduced legislation to permanently authorize streamlined environmental reviews for routine timber salvage projects on BLM lands up to 5,000 acres.

Downing Introduces the Accelerating Forest Management Act
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Interior said H.R. 8682 would codify BLM's proposed timber-salvage categorical exclusion and supports the bill; the covered salvage harvest can reach the lesser of 5,000 acres or one-third of larger disturbance areas.

Within the lookback window, BLM/Interior formally supported Downing's bill and confirmed it matches the 5,000-acre BLM salvage-review commitment, but this is support for pending legislation, not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

BLM_SFR_HR_184_2785_8682_8688_8686_05-21-2026_HNR_FL_Hearing.pdf
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The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on forest-management bills; its release says H.R. 8682, introduced by Troy Downing, would codify a NEPA categorical exclusion for BLM salvage harvesting.

A committee hearing is concrete legislative progress in the same term, but the source does not show House passage, Senate passage, or enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Cutting Red Tape to Restore Access to Federal Forests and Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires
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The hearing page lists H.R. 8682, Rep. Downing's Accelerating Forest Management Act, for a May 21, 2026 Federal Lands Subcommittee legislative hearing.

The bill received a formal subcommittee hearing during Downing's current House term, showing effort but not final delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Legislative Hearing on H.R. 184, H.R. 2785, H.R. 7695, H.R. 8682, H.R. 8686, H.R. 8688 and H.R. 8735 | House Committee on Natural Resources
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8682 as introduced by Troy Downing on May 7, 2026 and referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources; the bill would codify the April 6 BLM salvage-harvest categorical exclusion proposal.

Downing introduced the relevant bill in the current Congress, but the official bill record still identifies it as introduced in the House rather than enacted law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8682 (IH) - Accelerating Forest Management Act - BILLS-119hr8682ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Downing announced legislation to codify BLM's proposed NEPA categorical exclusion; his office described it as permanently authorizing streamlined reviews for routine BLM timber salvage projects up to 5,000 acres.

The member office tied the bill directly to the promise language, confirming serious effort, but introduction alone does not permanently authorize the policy.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Downing Introduces the Accelerating Forest Management Act | Representative Troy Downing
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The Federal Register notice says Interior proposed a BLM timber-salvage categorical exclusion, with comments due May 6, 2026; the proposed text covers salvage harvesting up to 5,000 acres in larger disturbance areas and says it would be added if finalized.

The underlying agency proposal reached the comment-close milestone during the lookback window, but the notice is proposed and conditional, not final or permanent statutory authorization.

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National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Land Management
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BLM's NEPA Register identifies the forestry salvage categorical exclusion project as in progress and describes the proposal as authorizing harvest of dead or dying trees affected by disturbances.

The BLM project record shows the administrative process remained in progress rather than completed; this reinforces that the permanent authorization commitment was not yet delivered as of the refresh date.

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BLM National NEPA Register: Forestry Salvage Categorical Exclusion Substantiation Report
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