# 119-s-517: Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025

119-s-517, Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-517
- Congress: 119
- Title: Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Modernizing forest data collection to include national forest carbon accounting and modern remote sensing.** This bill would expand the Forest Inventory and Analysis program to gather, standardize, and share forest resource data that explicitly includes forest carbon and below-ground carbon.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More forest carbon data and tools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require FIA to include forest carbon in its routine reports and in two-decade compilations. It would add a timber products output study and a national woodland owner survey to FIA data collection. It would also clarify that the program can use microwave, LiDAR, hyperspect…
- More public forest data and rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to update the FIA strategic plan within 180 days and submit further updates every five years. It would require an annual FIA business report on progress, costs, priorities, and technology use. The Secretary would publish national FIA statistics every…
- New data-request office and fees: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to set up an office or data platform to handle complex FIA data requests from outside organizations. The Secretary could charge fees to cover the cost of processing those requests, but fee amounts are discretionary and not specified.

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025
- 119-s-1032: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-s-1141: Disaster Reforestation Act

## Sources
- [119-s-517 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/517)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410)
- [119-s-1032: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1032)
- [119-s-1141: Disaster Reforestation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1141)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-517 (as of 2026-04-21).