Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2872 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2872 To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize assistance for emergency measures in response to pine beetle outbreaks, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025 Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself, Mr. Ossoff, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Tuberville, and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize assistance for emergency measures in response to pine beetle outbreaks, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. EMERGENCY MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO PINE BEETLE OUTBREAKS. Section 407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2206) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: ``(e) Emergency Measures in Response to Pine Beetle Outbreaks.-- ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Eligible itemized costs.--The term `eligible itemized costs' means any expenses incurred by a timber service business in carrying out a contractual service associated with an outbreak response measure, including-- ``(i) labor or hours for truck drivers or equipment operators; ``(ii) mileage or hours for use of equipment, such as transports, bulldozers, and skidders; and ``(iii) materials, such as gravel, grass seed, culverts, mats, and insecticides. ``(B) Outbreak response measure.--The t