Support legislation to restore timber production on Oregon & California lands, maintain sustained-yield forest management, and reduce wildfire risk while supporting counties and rural jobs.

Cliff Bentz · Oregon · Republican

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Occurrences

introduced the O&C Renewal Act of 2026, legislation to reaffirm timber production as the primary purpose of Oregon & California (O&C) lands and restore responsible, sustained-yield forest management across more than two million acres of federal timberlands in western Oregon

Bentz announced and introduced legislation to prioritize timber production on O&C lands, manage those forests on a sustained-yield basis, and reduce wildfire risk while supporting county revenues and rural employment.

Congressman Bentz Introduces O&C Renewal Act to Restore Timber Production, Support Counties, and Reduce Wildfire Risk | Representative Cliff Bentz
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As your next Congressman in CD 2, I promise to advocate for sustainable and responsible management in our Federal Forests. We need approaches that reduce fuel loads, enhance salvage logging and practice sustained yield harvests. And we must support our O & C Counties, and to do all of this we must get rid of or dramatically change the Equal Access to Justice Act.

Promises to advocate for federal forest management reforms that reduce fuel loads, expand salvage logging, sustain yield harvests, support O&C Counties, and change the Equal Access to Justice Act.

Fire & Federal Forest Management – Cliff Bentz
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Evidence

The bill text shows Rep. Cliff Bentz introduced H.R. 7603, the O&C Renewal Act of 2026, and referred it to the House Committee on Natural Resources. The bill amends the O&C Act with respect to timber production.

Bentz formally introduced legislation matching the timber-production and sustained-yield promise, but the available official bill record shows only introduction and referral, not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 7603, O&C Renewal Act of 2026
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The May 5, 2026 Congressional Record Index lists H.R. 7603 under the Bureau of Land Management entry, alongside Natural Resources and other committees, but does not show committee markup, passage, or final disposition.

Within the 30-day lookback window, the bill still appears only as an indexed pending measure with no visible advancement, supporting an unresolved status rather than delivery.

unresolved same_term

Congressional Record Index: Bureau of Land Management
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Bentz made a concrete federal legislative effort by introducing H.R. 7603, the O&C Renewal Act of 2026, which directly matches the promise to restore O&C timber production, sustain-yield management, reduce wildfire risk, and support counties/rural jobs. However, the available record shows the bill was introduced and referred to committee, with no evidence of committee passage, House passage, Senate passage, enactment, or implemented executive outcome. Because the promised policy outcome has not been delivered, but Bentz made a serious legislative attempt during the same federal term, this is best scored as never with an effort badge rather than delivered or unresolved.

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