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Directs the Secretary of the Interior, working with the Secretary of Agriculture and the State of Hawaii, to coordinate response, research, management, and restoration activities to address Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death, a fungal disease harming native ʻōhiʻa forests. The law defines the disease and limits the geographic reference to the State of Hawaii, and it directs federal agencies to continue and coordinate research on disease spread, support ungulate control with partners and landowner consent, and maintain financial, staff, and infrastructure support for prevention and forest restoration.
The provisions are implementation-focused: they require interagency partnership, specific research and management activities, and continued federal support for actions to prevent spread and restore native forests—primarily using federal agency authorities and resources rather than creating new tax or appropriations changes.
Introduced January 13, 2025 by Jill Tokuda · Last progress February 14, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 359 - 62 (Roll no. 24). (text: 1/21/2025 CR H248)