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Union Calendar No. 757 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2989 
[Report No. 118–927, Part I] 
To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2023 
Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
VALADAO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
KILEY, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. BERA, Mrs. 
KIM of California, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. ISSA, Mr. VARGAS, 
Mrs. STEEL, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LAMALFA, 
Mr. MULLIN, Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. 
DUARTE, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
LEE of Nevada, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. TIFFANY, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 
CURTIS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. ROSS, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. 
MOULTON, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. FULCHER, Mrs. TORRES of 
California, Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. 
GUTHRIE, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, and Mr. MOORE of Utah) 
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 com-
mittee concerned 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. JACKSON of North Caro-
lina, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. CARAVEO, 
and Mr. FONG 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
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 April 28, 2023] 
A BILL 
To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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 As-
sessment required by section 5. 
(2) COALITION.—The term ‘‘Coalition’’ means 
the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition codified under 
section 4(a). 
(3) COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.—The term ‘‘col-
laborative process’’ means a process relating to the 
management of covered National Forest system lands 
or covered public lands by which a project or forest 
management activity is developed and implemented 
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by the Secretary concerned through collaboration with 
multiple interested persons representing diverse inter-
ests. 
(4) 
COVERED
NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM 
LANDS.—The term ‘‘covered National Forest System 
lands’’ means the proclaimed National Forest System 
lands reserved or withdrawn from the public domain 
of the United States covering the Sequoia National 
Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument, Si-
erra National Forest, and Tahoe National Forest. 
(5) COVERED PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered public lands’’ means— 
(A) the Case Mountain Extensive Recre-
ation Management Area in California managed 
by the Bureau of Land Management; and 
(B) Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia 
National Park, and Yosemite National Park in 
California managed by the National Park Serv-
ice. 
(6) GIANT SEQUOIA.—The term ‘‘giant sequoia’’ 
means 
a 
tree 
of 
the 
species 
Sequoiadendron 
giganteum. 
(7) GROVE-SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUC-
TION PLAN.—The term ‘‘grove-specific hazardous fuels 
reduction plan’’ means a plan developed by the appli-
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