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118TH CONGRESS 1 REPT. 118-205
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
CONTINUED RAPID OHIA DEATH RESPONSE ACT OF 2023
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1726]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1726) to require the Secretary of the Interior to partner
and collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture and the State of
Hawaii to address Rapid Ohia Death, and for other purposes, hav-
ing considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amend-
ment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2023.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) RAPID OHIA DEATH.-The term Rapid Ohia Death means the disease
caused by the fungal pathogen known as Ceratocystis fimbriata that affects the
tree of the species Metrosideros polymorpha.
(2) STATE.-The term State means the State of Hawaii.
SEC. 3. COLLABORATION.
The Secretary of the Interior shall partner and collaborate with the Secretary of
Agriculture and the State to address Rapid Ohia Death.
SEC. 4. SUSTAINED EFFORTS.
(a) TRANSMISSION.-The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of
the United States Geological Survey, and the Chief of the Forest Service, acting
through the Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, shall continue to
conduct research on Rapid Ohia Death vectors and transmission.
(b) UNGULATE MANAGEMENT.-The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall continue to partner
with the Secretary of Agriculture, the State, and with local stakeholders to manage
ungulates in Rapid Ohia Death control areas on Federal, State, and private land,
with the consent of private landowners.
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