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.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H8362E16298CE421A858EB3A5FB43493D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2023.
- Section HB8BC5E8E7A964599B9AB71178EA94CC0: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Rapid Ohia Death means the disease caused by the fungal pathogen known as Ceratocystis fimbriata that affects the tree of...
- Section H2DC268D66D4F4E74A9D9630417DBAA70: 3. Collaboration The Secretary of the Interior shall partner and collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture and the State to address Rapid Ohia Death.
- Section H5CF6E059573B46C88EF4429C54378AE4: 4. Sustained efforts The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, and the Chief of the Forest Service,...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Finance, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Jill N. Tokuda
D-HI | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, …
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the …
Ms. Tokuda (for herself and Mr. Case) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Hawaii conservation programs, Local conservation stakeholders, State of Hawaii / Native Ecosystems
Department of the Interior, Federal agencies (Interior, Agriculture), USGS / Forest Service / FWS
Positive-direction: Federal agencies (Interior, Agriculture)
Negative-direction: Department of the Interior, USGS / Forest Service / FWS
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
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