This legislation will help ensure our states, tribes, and private partners have the resources they need to restore and sustain our forests for generations to come.
Ensure states, tribes, and private partners have the resources needed to restore and sustain forests for generations to come.
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Rep. Bergman said the RNGR Support Act would help ensure states, tribes, and private partners have the resources needed to restore and sustain forests. The release says the bill would formalize the Forest Service RNGR program, give it its own budget line item and funding, and support state, private, and tribal nurseries.
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Reps. Jack Bergman and Kim Schrier introduced the bipartisan Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources Support Act of 2026. Bergman said the legislation would help ensure states, tribes, and private partners have resources to restore and sustain forests. The release says the bill would formalize the Forest Service RNGR program and provide a budget line item and funding.
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RNGR states that USDA Forest Service State, Private, and Tribal Forestry develops and disseminates technical information with partner organizations, and that the site supplies technical information to people who grow forest and conservation seedlings.
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The Intertribal Nursery Council is described as a USDA Forest Service managed, tribally guided organization advancing native peoples involved with plant production in nurseries, with focal points including technology transfer, reforestation, restoration, and nursery training.
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Bergman's official vote record shows that on January 23, 2025, he voted Yea on passage of H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act.
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 471 as introduced January 16, 2025, passed by the House on January 23, 2025, and latest action in the Senate as a March 6, 2025 subcommittee hearing. The tracker status is Passed House, with later steps Passed Senate, To President, and Became Law not completed.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 7712 as the introduced House version of the RNGR Support Act of 2026. The action states that Kim Schrier introduced the bill with Jack Bergman as cosponsor and it was referred to the Committee on Agriculture. The title would direct USDA to collaborate with entities and establish a grant program supporting nurseries and seed orchards.
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The introduced bill text would have the Forest Service partner with Federal and State agencies, Indian Tribes, nonprofits, and private nurseries, establish grants for eligible recipients including state forestry agencies, Indian Tribes, and private nurseries, and allow up to $5,000,000 per fiscal year from unobligated Reforestation Trust Fund amounts.
Assessments
Bergman materially advanced the goal in the same federal term by cosponsoring/introducing the RNGR Support Act of 2026, which would create and fund support for state, tribal, and private nursery and reforestation partners, and by voting for related forest legislation. But the key measure remained introduced/referred and related forest legislation had not become law, so the promised resources were not actually delivered. This is a serious legislative attempt without completed fulfillment.
Bergman took concrete same-term legislative steps aligned with the promise, including introducing the RNGR Support Act to formalize and fund Forest Service reforestation, nursery, state, private, and tribal forestry support, and voting for the House-passed Fix Our Forests Act. However, the evidence shows these measures were introduced or advanced but not enacted into law, and it does not show delivered resources to states, tribes, or private partners. Under the rule for serious but unsuccessful legislative attempts, this is not fulfilled, with effort credit.
Bergman took a concrete same-term step toward the promise by co-introducing the bipartisan RNGR Support Act of 2026, which was designed to formalize and fund the Forest Service RNGR program and support state, tribal, and private nurseries. That materially advances the stated goal, but the record here shows introduction and advocacy only, not enactment or completed delivery of the promised resources. On that basis, the promise is better scored as partial rather than delivered.