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119-hr-3930119th Congress

Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]

Introduced

Summary

Permanently protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System while keeping forest lands available for multiple uses. The bill would rely on the existing Roadless Rule to define which areas qualify and frames protection inside a multi-use management approach that recognizes mechanized travel and targeted fuel-reduction treatments in many places.

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  • Households and water users: Would help safeguard clean water tied to roadless areas, including drinking water for tens of millions of U.S. residents, and could reduce downstream water filtration costs.
  • Local recreation economies: Would provide steadier support for businesses that depend on outdoor recreation by preserving places for hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, skiing, and mountain biking.
  • Tribes and land managers: Would protect sacred sites used by Native Americans and Alaska Natives and would bar road construction, road reconstruction, and logging in inventoried roadless areas where the Roadless Rule prohibits those activities. The bill notes the Forest Service has about 368,000 miles of road-system maintenance backlog and an estimated $6.0 billion cost to eliminate it.

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Keeps inventoried roadless areas protected

If enacted, this bill would say its purpose is to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System under multiple-use management. It would define "inventoried roadless area" and the "Roadless Rule" (36 CFR part 294, adopted January 12, 2001; Idaho modification October 16, 2008; Colorado modifications July 3, 2012 and December 19, 2016). It would define "Secretary" as the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. The Secretary would not allow road construction, road reconstruction, or logging in an inventoried roadless area to the extent those activities are prohibited by the Roadless Rule.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]

OR • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]

    KS • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

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    CA • D

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  • Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

    CO • D

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  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

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  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 6/11/2025

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

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    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/12/2025

  • Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

    TN • D

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  • Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

    OR • D

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  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

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  • Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]

    WI • D

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  • Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]

    MN • D

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  • Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 6/25/2025

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    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/25/2025

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    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/25/2025

  • Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 6/25/2025

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    WA • D

    Sponsored 6/25/2025

  • Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 6/27/2025

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    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/30/2025

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    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/30/2025

  • Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 7/2/2025

  • Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 7/2/2025

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 7/10/2025

  • Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]

    VT • D

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    WA • D

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    CA • D

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  • Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]

    OR • D

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  • Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]

    WA • D

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  • Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 8/8/2025

  • Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 8/8/2025

  • Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 8/15/2025

  • Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 8/29/2025

  • Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 8/29/2025

  • Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 8/29/2025

  • Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/3/2025

  • Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/18/2025

  • Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]

    NM • D

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    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/26/2025

  • Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

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  • Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]

    NC • D

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  • Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]

    WI • D

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  • Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

    MO • D

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  • Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]

    CT • D

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    TX • D

    Sponsored 10/22/2026

  • Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 10/31/2025

  • Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]

    KY • D

    Sponsored 12/9/2025

  • Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/12/2026

  • Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/12/2026

  • Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 1/12/2026

  • Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 1/30/2026

  • Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 2/11/2026

  • Rep. Friedman, Laura [D-CA-30]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/27/2026

  • Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 5/20/2026

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

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  • Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]

    NY • D

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  • Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/22/2026

  • Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 6/23/2026

  • Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2026

  • Rep. Mejia, Analilia [D-NJ-11]

    NJ • D

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  • Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]

    NC • D

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  • Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

    PA • D

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  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

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  • Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

    FL • D

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  • Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]

    TX • D

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  • Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]

    NY • D

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  • Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3]

    MD • D

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  • Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 9/21/2026

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