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.
Official GPO bill text shows H.R. 8538 was introduced in the House on April 28, 2026, with Mr. Moran listed among the introducing members, and referred to Ways and Means. The text creates a disaster-related reforestation deduction after a Presidentially declared Stafford Act disaster and modifies the existing reforestation-expensing rules.
Moran's official House release says Representatives Nathaniel Moran and Buddy Carter introduced the Save America's Family Forests Act. It describes the bill as allowing landowners to fully and immediately expense reforestation costs after federally declared natural disasters by removing the $10,000 cap and eliminating long recovery periods.
Assessments
Moran co-introduced H.R. 8538 in the House during his current term, and the bill text matches the claimed policy almost exactly: immediate full expensing of disaster-related reforestation costs while removing the $10,000 cap and long recovery period. That is sufficient evidence that he supported the promised legislation in-term.
The promise was to support legislation creating immediate full disaster-related reforestation expensing by removing the $10,000 cap and long recovery periods. Moran delivered on that support promise by co-introducing the Save America's Family Forests Act in April 2026 during his current House term, and the bill text matches the substance of the pledge. Because this claim is about supporting legislation rather than securing final enactment, co-introduction of the matching bill is sufficient for full delivery.
Moran fulfilled the promise because the commitment was to support legislation, not necessarily secure enactment. In April 2026, during his current House term, he co-introduced H.R. 8538, the Save America's Family Forests Act, which matches the promised policy by allowing immediate expensing of disaster-related reforestation costs and addressing the $10,000 cap and recovery-period issue.
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.