Fully and immediately expense reforestation costs following a federally declared natural disaster.

Fully and immediately expense reforestation costs following a federally declared natural disaster.

Carter co-introduced the Save America's Family Forests Act of 2026, which would allow immediate expensing of reforestation costs after federally declared natural disasters.

Carter leads bipartisan effort to support family forest landowners : U.S. Representative Buddy Carter
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Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Steube, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Short Title: Save America’s Family Forests Act of 2026. Full Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for limited full expensing of certain reforestation expenditures.

Carter introduced a bill that would allow limited full expensing of reforestation expenditures after natural disasters, but it was only referred to committee and not enacted. This is concrete legislative action, but not delivery of the claim.

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H.R. 8538 (IH) - Save America’s Family Forests Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr8538ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA), alongside Reps. Terri Sewell, Aaron Bean, Mike Thompson, Greg Steube, Greg Murphy, and Nathaniel Moran, this week introduced the bipartisan Save America’s Family Forests Act of 2026, a bill to help family forest landowners recover more quickly from natural disasters and keep working forests productive. The Save America’s Family Forests Act offers a practical solution, by allowing full and immediate expensing of reforestation costs.

Carter publicly claimed and promoted the policy goal of full and immediate expensing of reforestation costs after natural disasters. The statement confirms intent and introduction, but not enactment or implementation.

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Carter leads bipartisan effort to support family forest landowners : U.S. Representative Buddy Carter
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House floor proceedings on April 29, 2026 include references to Carter’s reforestation-related legislation and disaster relief discussions, but the record does not show enactment of the specific full-expensing claim within the lookback window.

Official floor record confirms the issue was active in Congress during the lookback period, but it does not evidence delivery of the claim.

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CREC-2026-04-29-house.pdf
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The House considered H.R. 528, the Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act, a related reforestation measure. The bill would create a post-disaster reforestation and restoration program at the Department of the Interior, showing congressional attention to reforestation after disasters, but not passage of Carter’s full-expensing proposal.

This is related congressional activity on post-disaster reforestation, but it concerns a different bill and does not show Carter’s claim was delivered.

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Congressional Record - House, March 16, 2026 - GovInfo
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