Support legislation to scale up USDA locally-led and voluntary big game migration pilot projects with private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups.

Tim Sheehy · Montana · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 95%

Occurrences

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.

Sheehy reintroduced legislation to help the USDA expand locally-led and voluntary big game migration initiatives involving private landowners, conservationists, and agriculture groups.

Heinrich, Sheehy Reintroduce Legislation to Scale Up Locally Led Big Game Migration Initiatives
primary · press_release · model gpt-4.1

Evidence

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.

Senators Heinrich and Sheehy reintroduced the Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act to enhance USDA's big game migration projects with private stakeholders.

partial same_term A for effort

Heinrich, Sheehy Reintroduce Legislation to Scale Up Locally Led Big Game Migration Initiatives
primary · model gpt-4.1 · confidence 0%

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.

Sheehy did support the legislation by cosponsoring its Senate introduction, but the bill remained at introduction and referral with no enactment evidence in the record reviewed.

never same_term A for effort

S. 4091 - Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2026 - Content Details
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

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.

Sheehy publicly joined as a Senate sponsor of the reintroduced bill matching the campaign promise to support this legislation.

delivered same_term A for effort

Heinrich, Sheehy Reintroduce Legislation to Scale Up Locally Led Big Game Migration Initiatives
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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.

The official bill record corroborates that Sheehy supported concrete legislative action on the exact policy area named in the promise, even though the bill was still at introduction.

delivered same_term A for effort

S. 4091 - Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2026 - Content Details
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 93%

Assessments

delivered same_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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 96%

delivered same_term

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 95%

delivered same_term

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

never same_term A for effort

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.

provider openai · model gpt-4.1 · confidence 90%