U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10916: Aquatic Restoration and Conservation Act
Status: In committee, October 26, 2026
To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 26, 2026:
A BILL To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aquatic Restoration and Conservation Act . SECTION 2. Joint strategy for use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities for wildfire risk mitigation and post-wildfire recovery (a) Strategy Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, in consultation with State, Tribal, and local governments and relevant stakeholders, shall jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities as a method of wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery on covered lands. (b) Requirements In developing the strategy under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall-- (1) assess and consider the best available scientific information on the benefits of aquatic restoration and conservation activities as wildfire risk mitigation and post-wildfire recovery efforts; (2) identify any gaps in the best available scientific information described in paragraph (1), and any related research, and include in the strategy, if applicable, a plan to address each such gap; (3) assess the workforce training and development capacity of the Department of the Interior and the Department …
Sponsors
- Joseph Neguse (D, HD-CO-2) · primary sponsor
- Brittany Pettersen (D, HD-007)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Common questions
- What is HB10916?
- HB10916 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Aquatic Restoration and Conservation Act.
- What does HB10916 do?
- In its own words: To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10916?
- In committee as of October 26, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (October 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10916?
- Joseph Neguse (D, HD-CO-2), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB10916?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10916
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