Save Our Sequoias Act
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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-18 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 757. | House floor actions |
| 2024-12-18 | Discharge | Committee on Agriculture discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2024-12-18 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-927, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2024-07-24 | Floor | ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Fong asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2989, a bill originally introduced by Representative McCarthy, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2023-06-01 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry. | House committee actions |
| 2023-05-17 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2023-05-17 | Committee | Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2023-05-10 | Committee | Committee Hearings Held. | House committee actions |
| 2023-05-08 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House committee actions |
| 2023-04-28 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2023-04-28 | IntroReferral | Referred 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. | House floor actions |
| 2023-04-28 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |