Forest Service Accountability Act
Sponsored By: Representative Zinke
In Committee
Summary
Make the Chief of the Forest Service a Senate-confirmed leader with substantial forest management experience. The President would nominate the Chief and the Senate would consider that nominee under a new joint-referral rule.
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- Forest Service staff and local communities: Would get a Chief who must demonstrate substantial experience and competence in forest and natural resources management.
- The President: Would need to nominate a Chief who meets the experience test and obtain Senate confirmation.
- The Senate and its committees: Any Chief nomination would be referred jointly to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. That joint referral would be written into Senate rules for this post.
- Current Chief or acting head: The President would have to submit a nomination for the Chief within 30 days of enactment even if someone is already serving.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Senate approval for Forest Service chief
This bill would require the President to nominate the Chief of the Forest Service, with Senate approval. A nominee would need substantial experience and proven skill in forest and natural resources management. If enacted, the President would have to send a nomination within 30 days, even if someone is already serving. Any nomination sent to a committee would go to both the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. That joint-referral rule would be added to Senate rules and could be changed later by the Senate.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Zinke
MT • R
Cosponsors
Newhouse
WA • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Letlow
LA • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Crane
AZ • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Calvert
CA • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Gooden
TX • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Begich
AK • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Hurd (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Baird
IN • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Pfluger
TX • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Baumgartner
WA • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
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