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Save Our Sequoias Act

Official title: To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes.

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Where the Bill Stands

  1. Introduced, done
  2. Committee, done
  3. Floor Vote, done
  4. Outcome, current stage

What This Bill Does

This bill provides for the conservation of giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in California.

Specifically, it provides statutory authority for the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition and outlines the coalition's duties. The coalition must submit a Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment and annually update it. The information from the assessment must be made available so the information can be integrated into certain other plans. The coalition must also create and maintain a website that contains the assessment, educational materials, searchable information about individual giant sequoia groves, and a searchable database to track the status and costs of reforestation and rehabilitation activities.

In addition, the bill declares an emergency on certain public lands and allows officials to carry out protection plans during the emergency to respond to the threat of wildfires, insects, and drought. The emergency expires after seven years.

The Department of the Interior must develop and implement a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy.

Finally, the bill establishes a variety of programs and funds to support the conservation of giant sequoias.

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Timeline

  1. SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
  2. SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. House floor actionsMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  4. Passed the House
  5. House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-542, Part I.
  6. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
  8. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  9. House floor actionsReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  10. Introduced
  11. Committee

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