U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) reintroduced the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act, legislation to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scale up popular, locally-led, and voluntary big game migration pilot projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups.
Support legislation to scale up USDA locally-led and voluntary big game migration pilot projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups.
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On March 26, 2026, Senators Martin Heinrich and Tim Sheehy reintroduced the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act. This bipartisan legislation aims to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scale up locally-led and voluntary big game migration pilot projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups. The bill supports local farmers, producers, and landowners who voluntarily want to facilitate big game species migration across their lands. It also prioritizes the creation and maintenance of wildlife habitat connectivity and migration corridors through existing USDA conservation programs and encourages research on virtual fencing to prevent wildlife entanglement.
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GovInfo lists S. 4091 as introduced on March 12, 2026; Mr. Heinrich, for himself and Mr. Sheehy, introduced the bill, which was read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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The Senate press release states that Sen. Tim Sheehy joined Sen. Martin Heinrich to reintroduce the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act, which would help USDA scale up locally led, voluntary big game migration pilot projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups.
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GovInfo's Senate bill record for S. 4091 identifies the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2026 and reflects the introduction package for the measure Sheehy supported in the Senate.
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GovInfo lists S. 4091 as introduced March 12, 2026 by Heinrich with Sheehy as cosponsor, then referred to Senate Agriculture.
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The Senate release says Heinrich and Sheehy reintroduced legislation to help USDA scale up locally led, voluntary big game migration pilot projects.
Assessments
The promise was to support legislation scaling up USDA locally led, voluntary big game migration pilot projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups. During his Senate term, Tim Sheehy joined Sen. Martin Heinrich in reintroducing the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2026, and the official bill record lists the measure as introduced for Heinrich and Sheehy and referred to the Senate Agriculture Committee. Because the commitment was framed as supporting legislation rather than securing enactment, cosponsoring and co-leading the matching bill fulfills the promise in the same federal term.
The promise was to support legislation on this topic, not necessarily to enact it. In his Senate term, Tim Sheehy joined Sen. Martin Heinrich in reintroducing the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act, a bill specifically aimed at scaling up USDA locally led, voluntary big game migration pilot projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups. Because cosponsoring and reintroducing the exact legislation matches the promised action, this counts as delivered in the same term even though the bill had not yet become law.
The promise was to support legislation on this issue, not to enact the policy outcome itself. In March 2026, Tim Sheehy was a named Senate sponsor of the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act, bipartisan legislation directly matching the pledge to scale up USDA locally led and voluntary big game migration projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups. Because he took the promised legislative support action while in office, this counts as delivered in the same term even though the bill had not yet become law.
The promise was framed as supporting legislation, not necessarily securing enactment. In Sheehy's current Senate term, he joined Senator Heinrich in introducing/reintroducing S. 4091, the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2026, which directly matches the promised policy: scaling up USDA locally led, voluntary big game migration work with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups. The bill does not appear to have been enacted, but the promised act of legislative support was fulfilled.
Tim Sheehy pledged to support legislation to scale up USDA locally-led and voluntary big game migration pilot projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups. The evidence shows that Sheehy co-sponsored and reintroduced the appropriate legislation, demonstrating a serious legislative attempt to fulfill his promise. However, there is no evidence that the legislation was enacted or that the policy outcome was delivered. Therefore, the outcome is 'never' (promise not fulfilled), but significant effort was made.