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Save Our Sequoias Act

119th CongressIntroduced April 8, 2025Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20]· CA-20
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
March 17, 2026

Summary

Save Our Sequoias Act This bill provides for the conservation of giant sequoia trees ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) in California.

Committees

  • PrimaryEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
  • AlsoAgriculture Committee
  • AlsoNatural Resources Committee

CRS subjects

Animal and plant healthCaliforniaCongressional oversight

Action history

  1. April 8, 2025Introduced in House
  2. April 8, 2025Introduced in House
  3. April 8, 2025Referred 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.
  4. April 8, 2025Referred 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.
  5. April 18, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
  6. March 5, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. March 5, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  8. March 12, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-542, Part I.
  9. March 12, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-542, Part I.
  10. March 12, 2026Committee on Agriculture discharged.
  11. March 12, 2026Committee on Agriculture discharged.
  12. March 12, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 466.
  13. March 16, 2026Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  14. March 16, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2503-2509)
  15. March 16, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2709.
  16. March 16, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2503-2507)
  17. March 16, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2503-2507)
  18. March 16, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. March 17, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Cosponsors (28)

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Related bills

  • S. 4103identical
    Save Our Sequoias Act
  • H.R. 7567related
    Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026