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Roadside Pollinator Program Amendments Act
To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve and reauthorize the pollinator-friendly practices on roadside highways and rights-of-way program, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends the pollinator-friendly roadside highway program to expand eligible participants to include federally recognized Indian Tribes and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. It requires consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service when implementing pollinator-friendly practices and expands which entities can develop and implement these programs beyond just state transportation departments and federal land management agencies. The bill increases the funding cap for individual projects from $150,000 to $500,000 and increases the overall program budget from $2 million to $5 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2031.
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Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jimmy Panetta’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $19,200
- NFP $15,500
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $13,500
- ROCKET CENTRAL $12,000
- FOLKTALE WINERY $7,760
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jimmy Panetta → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Jan 17, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Jan 16, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Jan 16, 2026 Introduced in House
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2026
Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve and reauthorize the pollinator-friendly practices on roadside highways and rights-of-way program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Roadside Pollinator Program Amendments Act”.
SEC. 2. POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY PRACTICES ON ROADSIDES AND HIGHWAY RIGHTS- OF-WAY.
Section 332 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking “; or” and inserting “included on the list published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131);”;
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(4) a nonprofit organization that is—
“(A) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
“(B) exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code.”; and
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(F), by inserting “after consultation with the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service” before the period at the end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “that is a State department of transportation or a Federal land management agency” and inserting “described in paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of subsection (b)”; and
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking “In developing” and inserting the following:
“(A) In general.—In developing”;
(iii) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)—
(I) in clause (i) (as so redesignated)— (aa) by striking “that is a State department of transportation or a Federal land management agency” and inserting “described in paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of subsection (b)”; and (bb) by striking “affected or interested Indian Tribes” and inserting “Indian Tribes described in subsection (b)(2), the Tribal land of which is located 50 miles or less from a project or practice proposed to be included in the plan”; and
(II) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), by striking “any eligible entity” and inserting “an eligible entity described in paragraph
(1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b)”; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Clarification.—Nothing in this paragraph requires additional consultation beyond consultation during the development of a plan under paragraph
(1).”;
(3) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by striking “$150,000” and inserting “$500,000”; and
(4) in subsection (l)(1), by striking “$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026” and inserting “$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031”. <all>
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