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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 13, 2022
Save Our Sequoias Act
This bill provides for the conservation of giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in California, including by
providing statutory authority for the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition;
directing the coalition to submit a Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment;
declaring an emergency on certain public lands and allowing officials to carry out protection plans during the emergency to respond to the threat of wildfires, insects, and drought;
directing the Department of the Interior and the National Forest System to develop and implement a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy; and
establishing a variety of programs and funds to support the conservation of giant sequoias.
People & committees
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D–CA
Legislative record
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-477.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4578)
Introduced in Senate
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