H.R. 3559: Save Our Forests Act of 2025

HR3559, the Save Our Forests Act of 2025, is a short but forceful bill aimed at stabilizing the U.S. Forest Service. Its core command is speed: not later than 30 days after enactment, the Secretary of Agriculture must increase staffing needed to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of National Forest System land for present and future generations. That is not a study or a pilot program — it is a direct order to add personnel.

The bill also requires reinstatement of people who were involuntarily removed or otherwise terminated from Forest Service employment during a specific window: beginning January 20, 2025, and ending on the date the bill becomes law. That date range is the heart of the bill. Anyone outside that period is not covered by this reinstatement mandate, and the bill does not lay out exceptions, performance screens, or a separate appeals process in the text summarized here.

Just as important, the bill tries to prevent project shutdowns. It says the Secretary shall continue every Forest Service project with authorized or appropriated funding under five existing laws: the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, section 200303 of title 54, chapter 2004 of title 54, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and Public Law 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In plain English, Congress would be telling the agency not to let already funded work die on the vine.

The money piece is notable because the bill does not provide a new dollar amount. Instead, it tells the Secretary to use funds previously appropriated for these purposes. That makes this more of a staffing-and-continuity mandate than a fresh spending package. The practical fight, if the bill advances, will be whether existing funds and agency capacity are enough to rehire workers quickly and keep all covered projects active at the same time.