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McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality Act

To amend Public Law 87-788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a-7) to provide for equal treatment of the District of Columbia with respect to funds made available under that Act.

Introduced Feb 23, 2026

Latest action (Apr 3, 2026) Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

Referred to
Agriculture Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Education

Summary

- Amends the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act to include the District of Columbia as eligible for federal forestry funding

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Eleanor Holmes Norton’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • THE DONOHOE COMPANIES INC. $16,550
  • TGV ROCKETS $4,000
  • THE DONOHUE COMPANIES INC. $3,500
  • HILTON CORPORATION $3,300
  • RAM CUSTOM SERVICES $3,300

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Eleanor Holmes Norton → · Outside spending →

Actions (4)
  1. Apr 3, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. · house
  2. Feb 23, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
  3. Feb 23, 2026 Introduced in House
  4. Feb 23, 2026 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E155)

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.

  • HR 5920 — District of Columbia Flood Prevention Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HR 6950 — District of Columbia Transportation Funding Equality Act · Introduced Jan 7, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 1173 — Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act · Introduced Feb 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 389 — Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers Protection Act · Introduced Feb 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 1538 — Delivering for Rural Seniors Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 6436 — To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to allow for the advance payment of assistance under Tree Assistance Program, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jan 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 57%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 23, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 23, 2026

Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend Public Law 87-788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a-7) to provide for equal treatment of the District of Columbia with respect to funds made available under that Act.

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 “McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality Act”.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR PURPOSES OF FUNDING UNDER MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ACT.

Section 8 of Public Law 87-788 (commonly known as the McIntire- Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a-7) is amended by inserting “the District of Columbia,” after “include”. <all>

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