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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-600
TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO CONDUCT A STUDY
ON LANDS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN A NATIONAL FOREST IN
HAWAII, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
NOVEMBER 19, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 7045]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 7045) to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct
a study on lands that could be included in a National Forest in
Hawai'i, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 7045 is to require the Secretary of Agri-
culture to conduct a study on lands that could be included in a Na-
tional Forest in Hawai'i, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 7045 requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination
with the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources, to
conduct a study to identify lands in the State of Hawai'i that merit
inclusion in the National Forest System. The study will also inven-
tory how to best conserve and enhance Hawai'i's native koa, 'bhi'a,
and sandalwood forests to help lay the groundwork for the estab-
lishment of a national forest.
Hawai'i is home to more than 9,900 endemic species, many of
which are reliant on Hawai'i's fragile ecosystem to survive.1 Unfor-
tunately, since the onset of human arrival on the archipelago,
1Neal L. Evenhuis & Scott E. Miller, Twenty Years of the Records of the Hawaii Biological
Survey, 117 BISHOP MUSEUM OCCASIONAL PAPERS 1, 2 (2015), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/
pubs-online/pdf/op 117.pdf.
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