US Congress · 119th Congress (2025-2026)

HR 2709In Second Chamber

Save Our Sequoias Act

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Progress

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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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Overview

The Save Our Sequoias Act aims to protect and restore giant sequoia trees in California by establishing a coalition to assess their health, creating a reforestation strategy, and providing emergency response measures. It establishes programs and funding to support conservation efforts, including collaborative restoration grants and stewardship contracting. The bill also declares an emergency to allow for immediate protective actions against wildfires, insects, and drought, with a seven-year expiration period.

Key provisions

Establishes the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition to assess sequoia health and develop a reforestation strategy.
Creates a Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Program and Fund to support immediate conservation efforts.
Authorizes the use of ‘good neighbor authority’ for protection projects on National Forest System and public lands.
Provides grants for collaborative restoration projects involving tribes, nonprofits, and local governments.
Requires the development of a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy.
Establishes a timeline for addressing the backlog of reforestation needs.
Expands stewardship contracting opportunities for giant sequoias.
Creates a categorical exclusion for certain protection projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.

Who is affected

California Residents
National Park Service

Bill text

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Legislative history

19 recorded actions · showing the most recent 12

Mar 12, 2026House

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 466.

Mar 12, 2026House

Committee on Agriculture discharged.

Mar 12, 2026

Committee on Agriculture discharged.

Mar 12, 2026House

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-542, Part I.

Mar 12, 2026

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-542, Part I.

Mar 16, 2026House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Mar 16, 2026House

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2503-2507)

Mar 16, 2026

Passed/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)

Mar 16, 2026House

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2709.

Mar 16, 2026House

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2503-2509)

Mar 16, 2026House

Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Mar 17, 2026Senate

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Votes

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3/16/2026HouseVoice vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2503-2507)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.
3/16/2026Voice vote
Passed/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)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.

Floor votes and chamber actions

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Passage without roll call

Mar 16, 2026HouseVoice vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2503-2507)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.
Mar 16, 2026Voice vote
Passed/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)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.

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Save Our Sequoias Act

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