# 119-s-3785: North Rim and Kaibab National Forest Restoration Act of 2026

119-s-3785, North Rim and Kaibab National Forest Restoration Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3785
- Congress: 119
- Title: North Rim and Kaibab National Forest Restoration Act of 2026
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-02-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Emergency contracting flexibilities** to speed recovery of Grand Canyon National Park and Kaibab National Forest after the 2025 Dragon Bravo and White Sage wildfires. The bill would let the Park Service and Forest Service use faster buying rules, raise small-purchase limits, and temporarily allow coordinated noncompetitive deals while prioritizing Tribal and local businesses. - Tribes and local businesses would be invited into planning and reconstruction and given contracting priority to help rebuild damaged trails, facilities, and local services. - Park and Forest officials would gain emergency authorities under Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 18, including higher micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds and limited noncompetitive contracts with existing concessioners for four categories of recovery services. - Timing and oversight would be tight. The authority would last up to 5 years or until recovery is complete, allow a 1-year extension if a new fire disrupts recovery with congressional approval, require reports every 180 days on costs and contractor issues, and mandate a joint cost study for Congress.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster contracting for fire recovery: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture would be able to use emergency buying rules under FAR part 18 for recovery work inside the covered area. This would let the agency raise micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds and use other subpart 18.2 authorities to hire faste…
- Which lands count for fire recovery: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define the "covered area" as parts of Grand Canyon National Park or Kaibab National Forest impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire or the White Sage Fire. The Dragon Bravo Fire began July 4, 2025 and was contained September 29, 2025. The White Sage Fire began July 9, 2025 and w…

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- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
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- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-1068: Putting Veterans First Act of 2025
- 119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3785 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3785)

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- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-1068: Putting Veterans First Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1068)
- [119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2838)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3785 (as of 2026-09-10).