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Union Calendar No. 166 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1726 

[Report No. 118–205, Part I] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2023 

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 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 22, 2023] 


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•HR 1726 RH

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continued Rapid Ohia 

5 Death Response Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) RAPID OHIA DEATH.—The term ‘‘Rapid Ohia 

9 Death’’ means the disease caused by the fungal patho10 gen known as Ceratocystis fimbriata that affects the 

11 tree of the species Metrosideros polymorpha. 

12 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

13 of Hawaii. 

14 SEC. 3. COLLABORATION. 

15 The Secretary of the Interior shall partner and collabo16 rate with the Secretary of Agriculture and the State to ad17 dress Rapid Ohia Death. 

18 SEC. 4. SUSTAINED EFFORTS. 

19 (a) TRANSMISSION.—The Secretary of the Interior, 

20 acting through the Director of the United States Geological 

21 Survey, and the Chief of the Forest Service, acting through 

22 the Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, 

23 shall continue to conduct research on Rapid Ohia Death 

24 vectors and transmission. 


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1 (b) UNGULATE MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary of the 

2 Interior, acting through the Director of the United States 

3 Fish and Wildlife Service, shall continue to partner with 

4 the Secretary of Agriculture, the State, and with local stake5 holders to manage ungulates in Rapid Ohia Death control 

6 areas on Federal, State, and private land, with the consent 

7 of private landowners. 

8 (c) RESTORATION AND RESEARCH.—The Secretary of 

9 Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 

10 shall continue to provide— 

11 (1) financial assistance, including through agree12 ments with the Secretary of the Interior— 

13 (A) to prevent the spread of Rapid Ohia 

14 Death; and 

15 (B) to restore the native forests of the State; 

16 and 

17 (2) staff and necessary infrastructure funding to 

18 the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry to conduct re19 search on Rapid Ohia Death. 


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Union Calendar No. 166 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1726 

[Report No. 118–205, Part I] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to partner 

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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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