He continues to champion his Combatting Global Deforestation Act, formerly known as AMAZON21, which will help end deforestation by 2030 around the world, support reforestation efforts in developing countries, protect the rights of women and indigenous peoples, and take additional steps to save our planet’s critical carbon sinks.
Will continue championing legislation to curb carbon emissions from deforestation and help end deforestation by 2030.
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Evidence
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Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] (Introduced 11/03/2021) ... Latest Action: House - 11/03/2021 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. ... This bill establishes programs to support efforts in developing countries to address climate change. ... reduce deforestation and restore forests to support enhanced carbon sequestration
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Congress.gov lists H.R.5830, the AMAZON21 Act, with Rep. Steny H. Hoyer as sponsor, introduced 11/03/2021. The latest action is referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the tracker status is Introduced.
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The bill text says Hoyer introduced a bill to establish an International Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Program. Eligible projects included reducing deforestation and forest degradation, restoring forests to support carbon sequestration, and prioritizing reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions from deforestation.
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The all-actions page lists only two actions for H.R.5830: introduction in the House on 11/03/2021 and referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs the same day.
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Axios reported that after President Biden joined the COP26 pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030, Hoyer introduced AMAZON21 legislation authorizing funding toward that goal, including forest conservation and carbon sequestration projects.
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Axios reported in April 2023 that Hoyer said he planned to reintroduce the AMAZON21 Act, described as his bill to stop deforestation around the world.
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The Forest Declaration Assessment 2025 says deforestation and degradation rates remained high in 2024, the world is further off track from halting and reversing forest loss by 2030, and 8.1 million hectares of forest were lost in 2024.
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GovInfo identifies H.R. 9867 as Hoyer's Combatting Global Deforestation Act of 2024 and lists the action as introduction by Mr. Hoyer followed by referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The bill title and text establish a verifiable international forest ecosystem services conservation program addressing emissions reductions, carbon sequestration, and illegal deforestation, but the recorded action does not show passage or enactment.
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The UN Digital Library summary says the 2026 Global Forest Goals Report is the latest global assessment of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030 and finds that, although there is progress, action remains insufficient to achieve all Global Forest Goals targets by 2030; seven targets are broadly met, seventeen partially achieved, and two off track.
Assessments
Hoyer materially pursued the promise in federal office by sponsoring the AMAZON21 Act in 2021 and later the Combatting Global Deforestation Act of 2024, both aimed at reducing deforestation-related emissions and supporting forest carbon sequestration. However, the evidence shows these bills only reached introduction and committee referral, with no enactment or completed policy outcome, and the broader 2030 deforestation goal remains unresolved/off track. Because the promise was framed as continuing to champion legislation, his sustained sponsorship earns partial credit, but not full delivery.
Hoyer made a serious federal legislative attempt by sponsoring the AMAZON21 Act in November 2021, which directly addressed carbon emissions from deforestation and forest carbon sequestration. However, the bill only reached House referral and was not enacted, and the broader pledged outcome of ending deforestation by 2030 has not been achieved. The evidence supports meaningful effort but not delivery of the promised policy result.
Hoyer did materially pursue the promise in federal office by introducing the AMAZON21 Act in 2021, aimed at reducing deforestation, restoring forests, and supporting carbon sequestration, and later continued related deforestation legislation. However, the cited bill did not advance beyond referral and there is no evidence that the promised federal legislative outcome was enacted or that deforestation was ended by 2030. This qualifies as a serious legislative effort but not delivery of the promised policy outcome.