House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Save Our Sequoias Act
Official title: To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Vince Fong R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Committee actionMar 5, 2026
- Passed HouseMar 16, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2709.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-542 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 12, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/542
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2709, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 63, April 8, 2025, Page H1508):Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 102 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2709, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
29 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 independent
13 of 29 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Adam Gray (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Blake Moore (R-UT), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), David Valadao (R-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong.
- H.R. 227 (119th) Clergy Act
- H.R. 390 (119th) ACERO Act
- H.R. 1223 (119th) ANCHOR Act
- H.J.Res. 210 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 5351 (119th) NSF AI Education Act of 2025
- H.R. 8748 (119th) Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 4103 (119th) Save Our Sequoias ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 7567 (119th) Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.