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119-hr-4892119th Congress

Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]

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Summary

Expands federal support for native seed collection and seedling production to speed ecosystem restoration. This bill would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, to enter into contracts, grants, and agreements to collect and store native seeds and to produce seedlings for revegetation.

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  • State and Tribal forestry agencies: Can receive contracts and grants to build seed banks and grow seedlings, helping local restoration projects access native plant material.
  • Institutions of higher education: Become eligible partners in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, creating research, training, and production roles in seed and seedling work.
  • Local nurseries, nonprofit partners, and multistate coalitions: Can get federal support to run managed seed orchards and scale up seedling production for revegetation efforts.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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Grants for native seed collection

If enacted, the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, would be able to make contracts, grants, and agreements to pay for collecting and storing native seeds and growing seedlings for revegetation. Grants and contracts could go to state forestry agencies, local private or nonprofit groups, colleges and universities (as defined in HEA section 101(a)), Indian Tribes, and multistate coalitions. The bill would also add seed collection and seedling production as eligible activities in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and let institutions of higher education join as partners. The bill does not set dollar amounts or detailed funding rules.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]

NM • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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