Bill Sponsor
House Bill 2989
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Save Our Sequoias Act
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Introduced in House on Apr 28, 2023
Overview
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Introduced
Apr 28, 2023
Latest Action
Jun 1, 2023
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Bill Number
2989
Congress
118
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
April 28, 2023
Actions (7)
06/01/2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
05/17/2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
05/17/2023
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
05/10/2023
Committee Hearings Held.
05/08/2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
04/28/2023
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.
04/28/2023
Introduced in House
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H.R.2989 118 Save Our Sequoias Act
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