[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 375 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 375

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to partner and collaborate 
 with the Secretary of Agriculture and the State of Hawaii to address 
               Rapid Ohia Death, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2025

 Ms. Tokuda (for herself and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; 
   which was 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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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to partner and collaborate 
 with the Secretary of Agriculture and the State of Hawaii to address 
               Rapid Ohia Death, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Rapid ohia death.--The term ``Rapid Ohia Death'' means 
        the disease caused by the fungal pathogen known as Ceratocystis 
        fimbriata that affects the tree of the species Metrosideros 
        polymorpha.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Hawaii.

SEC. 3. COLLABORATION.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall partner and collaborate with 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the State to address Rapid Ohia Death.

SEC. 4. SUSTAINED EFFORTS.

    (a) Transmission.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Director of the United States Geological Survey, and the Chief of 
the Forest Service, acting through the Forest Service Institute of 
Pacific Islands Forestry, shall continue to conduct research on Rapid 
Ohia Death vectors and transmission.
    (b) Ungulate Management.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
shall continue to partner with the Secretary of Agriculture, the State, 
and with local stakeholders to manage ungulates in Rapid Ohia Death 
control areas on Federal, State, and private land, with the consent of 
private landowners.
    (c) Restoration and Research.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall continue to provide--
            (1) financial assistance, including through agreements with 
        the Secretary of the Interior--
                    (A) to prevent the spread of Rapid Ohia Death; and
                    (B) to restore the native forests of the State; and
            (2) staff and necessary infrastructure funding to the 
        Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry to conduct research on 
        Rapid Ohia Death.
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