Federal grants to restore forests killed by pine beetles
S. 5290 — Emergency Mountain Pine Beetle Response and Coordination Act · Filed by Michael Bennet (D-CO) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
Your members of Congress
Enter a ZIP to see where your representative and both senators stood on this bill.
Looked up on this device — your ZIP is never stored on our servers.
What it does
The bill sets up a grant program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. States, tribes, water districts, and power companies can apply for money. Grants pay for removing dead trees, cutting wildfire fuel, restoring forests, and protecting water. The bill also lets USDA work with states to find and treat beetle outbreaks. It helps train workers in wood processing.
Who it affects
States, tribes, water districts, and power companies that manage forests or water get grants. People in towns near beetle-killed forests gain from lower wildfire risk and cleaner water.
One thing to notice
The bill focuses on public lands and public groups, not private companies. Forest work ties to protecting water and towns from wildfire.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- wildfire fuel — Dead trees and brush that burn easily and spread fire fast.
- outbreaks — Times when a pest spreads fast over a large area.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,203 characters) on Aug 13, 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.
“Federal grants to restore forests killed by pine beetles” QuorumCivic. https://share.quorumcivic.app/bill/119/s5290/simple Report an error