HR 8168 United States House · 117th Congress

Save Our Sequoias Act

Summary

Save Our Sequoias Act This bill provides for the conservation of giant sequoia trees ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) in California, including by providing statutory authority for the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition; directing the coalition to submit a Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment; declaring an emergency on certain public lands and allowing officials to carry out protection plans during the emergency to respond to the threat of wildfires, insects, and drought; directing the Department of the Interior to develop and implement a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy; and establishing a variety of programs and funds to support the conservation of giant sequoias.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2022

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Introduced Jun 22, 2022 Last action Aug 3, 2022

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Aug 3, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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Jun 22, 2022

Committee

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.

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Jun 22, 2022

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Introduced in House

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1 primary · 50 co-sponsors