U.S. Representatives Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) and Buddy Carter (GA-01) introduced the Save America’s Family Forests (SAFF) Act to help rural landowners and forestry operations rapidly recover from natural disasters by removing key taxation barriers that currently delay reforestation efforts across the country.
Support legislation that would allow landowners to fully and immediately expense reforestation costs after a federally declared natural disaster by removing the $10,000 cap and eliminating long recovery periods.
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U.S. Representatives Nathaniel Moran and Buddy Carter introduced the Save America’s Family Forests (SAFF) Act. The release says the legislation would allow landowners to fully and immediately expense reforestation costs following a federally declared natural disaster by removing the $10,000 cap and eliminating long recovery periods.
GovInfo lists H.R. 8538, the Save America’s Family Forests Act of 2026, as introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The bill title and summary state it would allow limited full expensing of certain reforestation expenditures.
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Moran promised to support legislation allowing full and immediate expensing of reforestation costs after federally declared natural disasters by removing the $10,000 cap and long recovery periods. During his current House term, he co-introduced the Save America’s Family Forests Act of 2026, which matches the promised policy substance. Because the promise was to support legislation, not necessarily secure enactment, formal introduction and sponsorship of the matching bill satisfies the commitment in the same term.