HR 598 119th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Endangered and threatened species Land use and conservation Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

FIR Act

Introduced: January 21, 2025 Introduced by: Zinke, Ryan K. Republican · Montana See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 28, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

Jan 21, 2025

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.

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced in House

Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Forest Information Reform Act or the FIR Act

This bill specifies that neither the Forest Service nor the Bureau of Land Management are required to reinitiate consultation on a land management plan when a new species is listed as threatened or endangered, critical habitat is designated, or new information reveals effects of the plan may affect a listed species or critical habitat in a manner or to an extent not previously considered.

What's happening now February 28, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

Related & companion bills 3

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 3

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Agriculture Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
for DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
for DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025

Cosponsors 2

Fulcher, Russ

Idaho · Apr 3, 2025

Newhouse, Dan

Washington · Jan 21, 2025

Cite this page click to expand

APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 598: FIR Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-598/

MLA

"H.R. 598: FIR Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-598/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 598, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-598/.

Markdown link

[H.R. 598: FIR Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-598/)