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“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1726) 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, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1726 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Rapid ohia death.--The term ``Rapid Ohia Death'' means the disease caused by the fungal pathogen known as Ceratocystis fimbriata that affects the tree of the species Metrosideros polymorpha. (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Hawaii. SEC. 3. COLLABORATION. The Secretary of the Interior shall partner and collaborate with the Secretary of Agriculture and the State to address Rapid Ohia Death. SEC. 4. SUSTAINED EFFORTS. (a) Transmission.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, and the Chief of the Forest Service, acting through the Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, shall continue to conduct research on Rapid Ohia Death vectors and transmission.…”