3.0.0 927 2025-12-05T08:30:54Z 2025-12-05T08:30:54Z Senate S S 2023-03-22 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/927 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-03-22T18:54:05Z 118 1726 HR 2024-09-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2023-03-22 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2023-03-22 True Environmental Protection Animal and plant health 2023-05-31T15:30:27Z Forests, forestry, trees 2023-05-31T15:30:27Z Government studies and investigations 2023-05-31T15:30:27Z Hawaii 2023-05-31T15:30:27Z Mammals 2023-05-31T15:30:27Z Research administration and funding 2023-05-31T15:30:27Z Environmental Protection 2023-04-11T17:30:33Z

00 2023-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2024-01-16T17:12:59Z <p><b>Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill establishes requirements to research and control the fungus Ceratocystis, known as Rapid Ohia Death, which has killed more than a million native trees in Hawaii.</p> <p> Specifically, the Department of the Interior must partner with the Department of Agriculture and Hawaii to control and address the fungus.</p> <p>In addition, the U.S. Geological Survey must continue to research Rapid Ohia Death vectors and transmission.</p> <p> The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must continue to partner with 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.</p> <p>Finally, the Forest Service must continue to 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.</p>

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