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Bill · 119th Congress

H.R. 2709

Save Our Sequoias Act

Passed HouseIntroduced Apr 8, 2025Topic: Environmental Protection →
  1. 01 Introduced
  2. 02 Committee
  3. 03 Passed House
  4. 04 Passed Senate
  5. 05 To President
  6. 06 Law

Latest action · Sep 16, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

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What this bill does

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.

Congressional Research Service · Introduced in House · Apr 8, 2025

How Congress voted

No recorded votes yet. Many bills pass by voice vote or unanimous consent, where no one's individual vote is written down.

Timeline

  1. Sep 16, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
  2. Mar 17, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. Mar 16, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. Mar 16, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2503-2507)
  5. Mar 16, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2503-2507)
  6. Mar 16, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2709.
  7. Mar 16, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2503-2509)
  8. Mar 16, 2026Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  9. Mar 12, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 466.
  10. Mar 12, 2026Committee on Agriculture discharged.
  11. Mar 12, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-542, Part I.
  12. Mar 5, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  13. Mar 5, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  14. Apr 18, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
  15. Apr 8, 2025Referred 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.
  16. Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House

Cosponsors

29 members

Details

Related bills

H.R. 7567On Congress.gov ↗RelatedS. 4103Save Our Sequoias ActIdentical text

Cost estimates · Congressional Budget Office

None published

Subject tags · 13

Animal and plant healthCaliforniaCongressional oversightEmergency planning and evacuationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental educationFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsInternet, web applications, social mediaLand use and conservationParks, recreation areas, trails