Military bases must track nature and report to Congress every five years.
H.R. 10069 — Military Readiness Through Resilient Lands Act · Filed by George Whitesides (D-CA) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Department of Defense to measure nature on military land. The DoD must use satellites and artificial intelligence to watch forests, water, and animals. The DoD must also watch fire risk. The DoD must set goals to make these things better. Every five years, the DoD must tell Congress how well it is doing.
Who it affects
Military bases must follow new rules about nature. Congress will get reports about the health of land and water on military property.
One thing to notice
The bill requires the DoD to report to Congress. It does not say the DoD must share the facts with the public.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services and House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Department of Defense — The part of the government that runs the military.
- artificial intelligence — Computer programs that learn and make choices like a person would.
- satellites — Machines in space that take pictures of the ground below.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,085 characters) on Aug 8, 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.
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As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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