WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced legislation to help America's landowners recover from the loss of timber after natural disasters. The Save America's Family Forests Act (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MCG26412.pdf) amends and makes improvements to the tax code to allow forest owners to deduct more reforestation expenses caused by a natural disaster.
"Thousands of Louisianians rely on our forest industries for work," said Dr. Cassidy. "Supporting our forest landowners as they rebuild is the right thing to do."
The Save America's Family Forests Act is supported by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, the Louisiana Forestr...