HR 375
Passed a chamber
Requires the Interior Department to work with the Agriculture Department and the State of Hawaii to continue fighting Rapid Ohia Death, a fungal disease that kills the native ohia tree.
Official title: Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
13-JAN-2025
Referred
13-JAN-2025
Passed
23-JAN-2025
Senate
Received
24-JAN-2025
- Directs the Interior Department to partner with the Agriculture Department and Hawaii on Rapid Ohia Death
- Continues research on how the disease spreads, led by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Forest Service's Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry
- Continues Fish and Wildlife Service work with partners to manage ungulates in disease control areas, with private landowners' consent
- Continues Forest Service financial assistance to prevent the disease's spread and restore Hawaii's native forests
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (13-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 23-JAN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Agriculture Committee (House)
- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee (Senate)
Environmental Protection
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