Will continue championing legislation to curb carbon emissions from deforestation and help end deforestation by 2030.

Steny H. Hoyer · Maryland · Democratic

policy impact 0.76 specificity 0.80 extraction confidence 93%

Occurrences

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.

Commitment to advance anti-deforestation legislation with a 2030 target.

Environment | Hoyer for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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

Official bill record confirms Hoyer introduced the AMAZON21 Act to reduce deforestation and support forest carbon sequestration, but the legislative record shown here stops at referral. In the last 30-day lookback window I found no new official action advancing this commitment, so the promise remains only partially delivered.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5830 - AMAZON21 Act 117th Congress (2021-2022)
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

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.

Hoyer introduced a concrete deforestation/carbon-sequestration bill, but the official bill record shows no passage or enactment beyond committee referral.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.5830 - AMAZON21 Act 117th Congress (2021-2022)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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.

The bill content aligns closely with the promise to curb carbon emissions from deforestation, showing serious legislative effort toward the stated policy.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.5830 - AMAZON21 Act 117th Congress (2021-2022)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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.

The official action history shows the AMAZON21 Act did not advance to committee approval, floor passage, Senate passage, or public law.

never same_term A for effort

Actions - H.R.5830 - AMAZON21 Act 117th Congress (2021-2022)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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.

Contemporaneous reporting ties Hoyer's AMAZON21 bill to the 2030 deforestation goal, supporting that he pursued the promise but through legislation that remained unenacted.

partial same_term A for effort

Top Democrat moves on Biden's COP26 deforestation pledge
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

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.

This shows continued stated advocacy in later federal service, but it does not establish enactment or completed delivery of the promised policy.

partial later_term A for effort

Dems fight Inflation Reduction Act ignorance
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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.

Independent assessment indicates the broader 2030 deforestation goal remains unmet and off track, reinforcing that Hoyer's legislative promise has not delivered the intended outcome as of the assessment period.

never unknown

Forest Declaration Assessment 2025
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

never same_term A for effort

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%