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H.R. 375119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJan 23, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govContinued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
This bill establishes requirements to research and control Rapid Ohia Death, which is the disease caused by the fungal pathogen known as
Ceratocystis fimbriata
that affects the tree of the species
Metrosideros polymorpha
.
Specifically, the Department of the Interior must partner with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Hawaii to control and address Rapid Ohia Death.
In addition, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry must continue to research Rapid Ohia Death vectors and transmission.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must continue to partner with USDA, Hawaii, and local stakeholders to manage ungulates (e.g., certain mammals such as deer) in Rapid Ohia Death control areas on federal, state, and private land, with the consent of private landowners.
Finally, the Forest Service must provide (1) financial assistance to prevent the spread of the fungus and to restore the native forests of Hawaii, and (2) staff and necessary infrastructure funding to the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry to research the fungus.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Animal and plant health
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government studies and investigations
- Hawaii
- Horticulture and plants
- Mammals
- Research administration and funding
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 74Middle 30–70
- 18Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Ed Case (D-HI-1)
How the swing score works
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Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
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Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
