Ensure states, tribes, and private partners have the resources needed to restore and sustain forests for generations to come.

Jack Bergman · Michigan · Republican

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Occurrences

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.

Bergman frames the bill as a commitment to provide resources for forest restoration and long-term forest sustainability.

Bergman, Schrier Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Forest Health, Enhance Wildfire Resilience and Recovery | U.S. Representative Jack Bergman
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Evidence

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.

Bergman took a concrete legislative step toward the forest-resources promise by introducing a bipartisan bill to formalize and fund the Forest Service reforestation/nursery program, but this is still introduction, not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Bergman, Schrier Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Forest Health, Enhance Wildfire Resilience and Recovery | U.S. Representative Jack Bergman
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

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.

Bergman took a concrete same-term legislative step that closely matches the promise, but the source shows introduction and proposed funding, not enactment or completed delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Bergman, Schrier Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Forest Health, Enhance Wildfire Resilience and Recovery | U.S. Representative Jack Bergman
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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.

This confirms the RNGR program Bergman sought to formalize is tied to State, Private, and Tribal Forestry and provides technical resources for reforestation and nursery work, supporting relevance but not proving full delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

About RNGR | Reforestation, Nurseries and Genetics Resources
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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.

This supports that the RNGR-related program infrastructure serves tribal nursery and restoration needs, aligning with the promise's tribal-resource component, though it is background rather than evidence of enacted new resources.

partial same_term A for effort

Tribal Programs | Reforestation, Nurseries and Genetics Resources
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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.

Bergman supported a House-passed forest-management bill in the same congressional term, showing additional concrete effort on forest restoration and resilience, but this vote alone does not complete the specific RNGR resources promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Vote Record | U.S. Representative Jack Bergman
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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.

The forest bill Bergman voted for advanced but had not become law, reinforcing a partial outcome rather than delivered resources as of the assessment date.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.471 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Fix Our Forests Act | Congress.gov
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

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.

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partial same_term A for effort

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.

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