All Roll Calls
Yes: 359 • No: 62
HR375119th Congress
Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Passed House
Summary
A coordinated federal-state push to stop and study Rapid Ohia Death in Hawaii. This bill would require the Department of the Interior to partner with the Department of Agriculture and the State of Hawaii to research transmission, control infected areas, and restore native ohia forests.
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- US Geological Survey and the Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry must continue researching how the fungus spreads and what vectors carry it. This targets the science behind containment and prevention.
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must keep working with USDA, the State, and local stakeholders to manage ungulates in control areas on federal, state, and private land, with private landowner consent. This aims to reduce animals that help spread the disease.
- The Forest Service must provide financial assistance to prevent spread and restore Hawaii's native forests and must fund staff and infrastructure for Island forestry research. This supports on-the-ground restoration and sustained research capacity.
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Grants to restore Hawaii's native forests
If enacted, the Forest Service would keep giving grants in Hawaii to stop Rapid Ohia Death and restore native forests. Money could go to state agencies, local groups, and willing landowners. Funds could be delivered through agreements with the Interior Department. Work would focus on prevention and forest recovery.
Joint Hawaii response and wildlife control
If enacted, Interior would work with Agriculture and the State of Hawaii on a joint response to Rapid Ohia Death. They would manage ungulates (wild hoofed animals) in disease control areas on federal, state, and private land. Work on private land would happen only with the landowner’s consent. The bill would define the covered disease and make clear that “State” means Hawaii.
Research on how Rapid Ohia spreads
If enacted, Interior (through USGS) and the Forest Service would keep researching how Rapid Ohia Death spreads in Hawaii. The Forest Service’s Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry would get staff and infrastructure funding to do this work. The goal would be better tools to stop the disease.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 1/23/2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Yes: 359 • No: 62