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H.R. 2709119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
Save Our Sequoias Act
Sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA) · 29 active : 15 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Where it standsBefore the House28 representatives score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 16, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSave Our Sequoias Act
This bill provides for the conservation of giant sequoia trees (
Sequoiadendron giganteum
) in California.
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Specifically, it provides statutory authority for the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition and outlines the coalition's duties. The coalition must submit a Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment and annually update it. The information from the assessment must be made available so the information can be integrated into certain other plans. The coalition must also create and maintain a website that contains the assessment, educational materials, searchable information about individual giant sequoia groves, and a searchable database to track the status and costs of reforestation and rehabilitation activities.
In addition, the bill declares an emergency on certain public lands and allows officials to carry out protection plans during the emergency to respond to the threat of wildfires, insects, and drought. The emergency expires after seven years.
The Department of the Interior must develop and implement a Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy.
Finally, the bill establishes a variety of programs and funds to support the conservation of giant sequoias.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Forestry and Horticulture · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateHearings by (full committee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Animal and plant health
- California
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental education
- Fires
- Forests, forestry, trees
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 64Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . 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
29 activeShow all 29 cosponsors
- Ami Bera (D-CA-6)
- Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4)
- Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)
- Darrell Issa (R-CA-48)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1)
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46)
- Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23)
- Jim Costa (D-CA-21)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
- John Garamendi (D-CA-8)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA-52)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA-41)
- Kevin Kiley
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
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.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
