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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-910
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
WHITE OAK RESILIENCE ACT
DECEMBER 18, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5582]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5582) to provide for white oak restoration, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment 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 White Oak Resilience Act.
SEC. 2. WHITE OAK RESTORATION INITIATIVE COALITION.
(a) IN GENERAL.-The White Oak Restoration Initiative Coalition shall be estab-
lished-
(1) as a voluntary collaborative group of Federal, State, Tribal, and local gov-
ernments and private and non-governmental organizations to carry out the du-
ties described in subsection (b); and
(2) in accordance with the charter titled White Oak Initiative Coalition Char-
ter adopted by the White Oak Initiative Board of Directors on March 21, 2023
(or a successor charter).
(b) DUTIES.-In addition to the duties specified in the charter described in sub-
section (a)(2), the duties of the White Oak Restoration Initiative Coalition are-
(1) to coordinate Federal, State, Tribal, local, private, and non-governmental
restoration of white oak in the United States; and
(2) to make program and policy recommendations, consistent with applicable
forest management plans, with respect to-
(A) changes necessary to address Federal and State policies that impede
activities to improve the health, resiliency, and natural regeneration of
white oak;
(B) adopting or modifying Federal and State policies to increase the pace
and scale of white oak regeneration and resiliency of white oak;
(C) options to enhance communication, coordination, and collaboration be-
tween forest land owners, particularly for cross-boundary projects, to im-
prove the health, resiliency, and natural regeneration of white oak;
(D) research gaps that should be addressed to improve the best available
science on white oak;
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