Congress funds forest cleanup to stop beetle wildfires.
H.R. 10000 — Emergency Mountain Pine Beetle Response Act · Filed by Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives money to states, towns, tribes, water districts, and power companies. They cut down dead trees and thin forests. They replant and protect water supplies. Projects must match state forest plans.
Who it affects
States, towns, tribes, water districts, and power companies can apply for grants. Communities near forests get safer from wildfires.
One thing to notice
Bigger groups with more staff may write better grant requests than small towns or tribes.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,005 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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