118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 1726Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2023

To require the Secretary of the Interior to partner and collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture and the State of Hawaii to address Rapid Ohia Death, and for other purposes.

Environmental protection
Introduced Mar 22, 2023
Last action Sep 25, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Mar 22, 2023
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Referred
May 22, 2023
Agriculture · Natural Resources · Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Committee
Jun 21, 2023
Reported out
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House floor
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Senate
Sep 25, 2024
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill establishes requirements to research and control the fungus Ceratocystis, known as Rapid Ohia Death, which has killed more than a million native trees in Hawaii. Specifically, the Department of the Interior must partner with the Department of Agriculture and Hawaii to control and address the fungus. In addition, the U.S. Geological Survey must continue to research Rapid Ohia Death vectors and transmission. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must continue to partner with Hawaii and local stakeholders to manage ungulates (e.g., certain mammals such as deer) in Rapid Ohia Death control areas on federal, state, and private land. Finally, the Forest Service must continue to provid...

Provisions · 4 sectionsEngrossed in House
Timeline · 18 actions
Sep 25, 2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 24, 2024
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 24, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Sep 24, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1726.
Sep 24, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 24, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 20, 2023
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-205, Part I.
Sep 20, 2023
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Sep 20, 2023
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 166.
Jun 21, 2023
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Jun 21, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 21, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
May 23, 2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Apr 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Mar 22, 2023
Introduced in House
Mar 22, 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.
Mar 22, 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.