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                       118TH  CONGRESS                                           REPT.  118-927
                          2d  Session      HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                  Part  1







                                            SAVE OUR SEQUOIAS ACT



                       DECEMBER  18, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                           of the Union and ordered to be printed



                           Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
                                               submitted   the  following


                                                   REPORT

                                                     together  with

                                                ADDITIONAL VIEWS

                                                [To accompany  H.R. 2989]

                                  [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                         The  Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
                       bill (H.R. 2989)   to improve   the  health  and  resiliency  of giant  se-
                       quoias, and  for other  purposes,  having  considered   the same,  reports
                       favorably  thereon   with  an  amendment and recommends that the
                       bill as amended   do pass.
                         The  amendment is as follows:
                         Strike  all after the enacting  clause  and  insert the following:
                       SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
                         (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the Save Our Sequoias Act.
                         (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-
                       Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                       Sec. 2. Definitions.
                       Sec. 3. Shared stewardship agreement for giant sequoias.
                       Sec. 4. Giant sequoia lands coalition.
                       Sec. 5. Giant sequoia health and resiliency assessment.
                       Sec. 6. Giant sequoia emergency response.
                       Sec. 7. Giant sequoia reforestation and rehabilitation strategy.
                       Sec. 8. Giant sequoia strike teams.
                       Sec. 9. Giant sequoia collaborative restoration grants.
                       Sec. 10. Good neighbor authority for giant sequoias.
                       Sec. 11. Stewardship contracting for giant sequoias.
                       Sec. 12. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Program and Fund.
                       Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations.
                       SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
                         In this Act:
                            (1) ASSESSMENT.-The   term Assessment means the Giant Sequoia Health
                          and Resiliency Assessment required by section 5.


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