Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3930 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3930 To provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2025 Ms. Salinas (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Casten, Ms. Chu, Ms. Craig, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Stansbury, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System. 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 ``Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) In General.--Congress finds that-- (1) there is a compelling need to establish national protection for inventoried roadless areas of the National Forest System in order to protect the unique social and ecological values of those irreplaceable resources; (2) roadless areas protect healthy watersheds and the numerous benefits of healthy watersheds, which include-- (A) providing the setting for many forms of outdoor recreation; (B) ensuring a supply of clean water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses; (C) providing drinking water to tens of millions of