S. 866 · 117th Congress

Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees Act

Introduced on Mar 18, 2021 by Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). 7 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 18, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 18, 2021
Cosponsors
7
3 from the other party
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to promote reforestation following unplanned events on Federal land, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Agricultural practices and innovations
  • Air quality
  • Animal and plant health
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Congressional oversight
  • Ecology
  • Fires
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Government trust funds
  • Insects
  • Land use and conservation
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Pest management
  • Water quality
  • Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Mar 18, 2021). Public domain.

Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees Act or the REPLANT Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) annually for each of the 10 years after enactment of this bill to transmit to Congress an estimate of the sums necessary to be appropriated, in addition to the funds available from other sources, to replant and otherwise treat an acreage equal to the acreage to be cut over that year, plus a sufficient portion of the backlog of lands found to be in need of treatment to eliminate the backlog within the 10-year period.

After such 10-year period, USDA shall transmit annually to Congress an estimate of the sums necessary to replant and otherwise treat all lands being cut over and maintain planned timber production on all other forested lands in the National Forest System to prevent the development of a backlog of needed work larger than the needed work at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Each reforestation activity included in a renewable resource assessment shall be carried out in accordance with applicable Forest Service management practices and definitions, including definitions relating to silvicultural practices and forest management.

The Forest Service shall, based on recommendations from regional foresters, create a priority list of reforestation projects that primarily take place on priority land, promote effective reforestation following unplanned events, and may include activities to ensure adequate and appropriate seed availability.

USDA shall give priority to projects on the priority list.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Debbie StabenowD-MISponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 18, 2021Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 18, 2021 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. The Sherwin-Williams Company6 reports
    $680K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY$4.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. GLOBAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE3 reports
  3. INTEL CORPORATION3 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTEL CORPORATIONAI match · 99%
  4. HP Inc.1 report
    $490K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HP INC.AI match · 98%
  5. NXP USA, INC.1 report
    $120K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.