118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 2989Save Our Sequoias Act

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

Environmental protection
Introduced Apr 28, 2023
Last action Dec 18, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Apr 28, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Jun 1, 2023
Agriculture · Natural Resources
Step 3
Committee
May 17, 2023
Reported out
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House floor
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Senate
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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 rehabi...

Provisions · 13 sectionsReported to House
Timeline · 12 actions
Dec 18, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-927, Part I.
Dec 18, 2024
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Dec 18, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 757.
Jul 24, 2024
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.
Jun 1, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
May 17, 2023
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
May 17, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 10, 2023
Committee Hearings Held.
May 8, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Apr 28, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 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.
Apr 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.