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                      119TH CONGRESS                                          REPT.119-434
                         2d Session    j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Part 1






                                        WHITE OAK RESILIENCE ACT



                                        JANUARY  8, 2026.-Ordered to be printed



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


                                                 REPORT

                                               [To accompany H.R. 2405]

                        The  Committee   on  Natural  Resources,  to whom   was  referred  the
                      bill (H.R. 2405) to direct the  Secretary  of Agriculture  and  the Sec-
                      retary of the Interior to carry out activities to provide for white  oak
                      restoration, and  for other purposes, having  considered  the  same, re-
                      ports 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.
                        This Act may be cited as the White Oak Resilience Act.
                      SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
                        In this Act:
                           (1) GOVERNOR.-The term Governor means the Governor or any appropriate
                         executive official of an affected State or Indian Tribe or the Commonwealth of
                         Puerto Rico.
                           (2) INDIAN TRIBE.-The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given that term
                         in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
                         U.S.C. 5304).
                           (3) STATE.-The term State means each of the several States, the District
                         of Columbia, and each territory of the United States.
                      SEC. 3. WHITE OAK RESTORATION INITIATIVE COALITION.
                        (a) IN GENERAL.-The White Oak Restoration Initiative Coalition shall be estab-
                      lished-
                           (1) as a voluntary collaborative group of Federal, State, Tribal, and local gov-
                         ernments and private and non-governmental organizations to carry out the du-
                         ties described in subsection (b); and
                           (2) in accordance with the charter titled White Oak Initiative Coalition Char-
                         ter adopted by the White Oak Initiative Board of Directors on March 21, 2023
                         (or a successor charter).
                         (b) DUTIES.-In addition to the duties specified in the charter described in sub-
                      section (a)(2), the duties of the White Oak Restoration Initiative Coalition are-
                           (1) to coordinate Federal, State, Tribal, local, private, and non-governmental
                         restoration of white oak in the United States; and


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