H.R. 375Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Jill N. Tokuda [D-HI-02]
Cosponsors: 1 · 1 Democrat
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Committees: Natural Resources Committee, Agriculture Committee · and 1 more
Latest action: Jan 24, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

IntroducedJan 13, 2025
Passed the HouseJan 23, 2025
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
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What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill establishes requirements to research and control Rapid Ohia Death, which is the disease caused by the fungal pathogen known as Ceratocystis fimbriata that affects the tree of the species Metrosideros polymorpha.

Specifically, the Department of the Interior must partner with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Hawaii to control and address Rapid Ohia Death.

In addition, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry must continue to research Rapid Ohia Death vectors and transmission.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must continue to partner with USDA, Hawaii, and local stakeholders to manage ungulates (e.g., certain mammals such as deer) in Rapid Ohia Death control areas on federal, state, and private land, with the consent of private landowners.

Finally, the Forest Service must provide (1) financial assistance to prevent the spread of the fungus and to restore the native forests of Hawaii, and (2) staff and necessary infrastructure funding to the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry to research the fungus.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 375 as introduced in House on Jan 13, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 24

House Jan 23, 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

359 Yea 62 Nay 11 not voting

Crossed both parties 62 of 421 voting members broke with their own party: 62 Republicans.

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All members432 members

Democratic215 members

Independent1 member

Republican216 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors1 · 1 Democrat

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 375 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

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