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Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into contracts, grants, and agreements to carry out certain ecosystem restoration activities, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025 amends the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and Forest Service to enter into contracts, grants, and agreements with state forestry agencies, nonprofits, universities, Indian Tribes, and multistate coalitions for collecting and maintaining native seeds and producing seedlings for revegetation. The bill also amends the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to include seed collection and seedling production activities and adds universities as eligible partners in that program. These authorities expand the Forest Service's ability to work with various partners on habitat restoration and ecosystem recovery projects.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
Actions (2)
- Aug 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Aug 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into contracts, grants, and agreements to carry out certain ecosystem restoration activities, 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 “Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND AGREEMENTS TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION ACTIVITIES.
(a) Contracts, Grants, and Agreements.—Section 40804 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 6592a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(g) Contracts, Grants, and Agreements.—To carry out the ecosystem restoration activities described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may enter into contracts, grants, or agreements with State forestry agencies, local private or nonprofit entities, institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), Indian Tribes, and multistate coalitions—
“(1) for the collection and maintenance of native seeds, including material from managed seed orchards; and
“(2) for the production of seedlings for revegetation.”.
(b) Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program.—Section 4003(b)(7) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(b)(7)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “the collection and maintenance of native seeds for revegetation, the production of seedlings, and” after “or agreements for”;
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
“(B) institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)));”. <all>
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