Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
Introduced
Summary
Permanently protects inventoried roadless areas by making the Roadless Rule's prohibitions on road construction, road reconstruction, and logging enforceable law for lands defined as inventoried roadless areas. The bill defines key terms and frames protection as part of the Forest Service's multi‑use mission while emphasizing water, wildlife, and recreation values.
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- Families and households: Helps protect watersheds and drinking water used by tens of millions and could lower downstream water filtration costs for domestic, agricultural, and industrial users.
- Local economies and outdoor users: Provides reliability for recreation‑based economies and preserves backcountry hunting, fishing, and broad outdoor recreation opportunities.
- Environment and land management: Preserves refuges for imperiled species and limits habitat fragmentation, while directing the Secretary of Agriculture to follow the Roadless Rule where it already restricts roads and logging; the Forest Service backlog cited is a 368,102‑mile road system needing about $6.0 billion to eliminate.
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No new roads or logging in roadless areas
If enacted, the Forest Service would be barred from allowing new roads, rebuilt roads, or logging in inventoried roadless areas where the Roadless Rule already bans them. The bill would define “inventoried roadless area,” the “Roadless Rule,” and “Secretary” to set the scope and who enforces it. This would provide lasting protection for these areas, which could help water, wildlife, and outdoor recreation. It could also limit some timber sales and road projects in those places. It would take effect upon enactment.
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
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Craig
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
DelBene
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
Lofgren
CA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Pingree
ME • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Smith (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 6/11/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
McCollum
MN • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
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
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/17/2025
Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 7/25/2025
Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Sponsored 8/5/2025
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Liccardo
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
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Himes
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
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
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
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/12/2026
McClellan
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
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
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