H.R. 2709 · 119th Congress

Save Our Sequoias Act

Introduced on Apr 8, 2025 by Vince Fong (R-CA-20). 29 cosponsors, 13 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Apr 8, 2025
Cosponsors
29
13 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Animal and plant health
  • California
  • Congressional oversight
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental education
  • Fires
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Government information and archives
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Land use and conservation
  • Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Apr 8, 2025). Public domain.

Save Our Sequoias Act

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

Specifically, it provides statutory authority for the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition and outlines the coalition's duties. The coalition must submit a Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment and annually update it. The information from the assessment must be made available so the information can be integrated into certain other plans. The coalition must also create and maintain a website that contains the assessment, educational materials, searchable information about individual giant sequoia groves, and a searchable database to track the status and costs of reforestation and rehabilitation activities.

In addition, the bill declares an emergency on certain public lands and allows officials to carry out protection plans during the emergency to respond to the threat of wildfires, insects, and drought. The emergency expires after seven years.

The Department of the Interior must develop and implement a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy.

Finally, the bill establishes a variety of programs and funds to support the conservation of giant sequoias.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Vince FongR-CA-20Sponsor

Democrats · 13

Independents · 1

Republicans · 15

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 8, 2025 · HouseReferred 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. Apr 8, 2025 · HouseReferred 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. Apr 18, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
  6. Mar 5, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. Mar 5, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Mar 12, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-542, Part I.
  9. Mar 12, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-542, Part I.
  10. Mar 12, 2026Committee on Agriculture discharged.
  11. Mar 12, 2026 · HouseCommittee on Agriculture discharged.
  12. Mar 12, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 466.
  13. Mar 16, 2026 · HouseMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  14. Mar 16, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2503-2509)
  15. Mar 16, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2709.
  16. Mar 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. Mar 16, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2503-2507)
  18. Mar 16, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. Mar 17, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  20. Sep 16, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE5 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)
  2. Pacific Gas and Electric Company5 reports
    $12.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY$9.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.4 reports
    $68.3M reported (all issues)
  4. Climate and Wildfire Institute2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  5. Sierra Club2 reports
    $220K reported (all issues)
  6. Earthjustice Action1 report
    $128.9K reported (all issues)
  7. National Parks Conservation Association1 report
    $113.1K reported (all issues)
  8. The Nature Conservancy1 report
    $640K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.