3.0.0 2477 2023-01-11T13:48:49Z 2023-01-11T13:48:49Z House HR 2021-04-13 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MALLIOTAKIS:H.R. 2477.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States;[Page H1737]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2021-06-07T20:43:38Z Referred to 2021-04-13T23:05:10Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-04-13T23:05:15Z Trillion Trees Act 117 2639 HR 2021-06-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2021-06-07 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Committee 2021-04-13 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2021-04-13 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2021-04-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-04-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000317 Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] Nicole Malliotakis R NY 11 N S001180 Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] Kurt Schrader D OR 5 2021-04-13 True W000821 Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] Bruce Westerman R AR 4 2021-04-13 True Y000033 Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] DON YOUNG R AK E. 0 2021-04-13 True B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2021-04-13 True M001206 Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] Joseph Morelle D NY D. 25 2021-04-15 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2021-05-07 False S000168 Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] Maria Salazar R FL Elvira 27 2022-02-11 False A000370 Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] Alma Adams D NC S. 12 2022-02-18 False P000593 Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] Ed Perlmutter D CO 7 2022-05-17 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Air quality Animal and plant health Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Economic development Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental education Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Pest management Urban and suburban affairs and development Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-04-13 Introduced in House 2021-07-30T15:52:57Z Urban Forests Act of 2021

This bill provides for support to maintain urban forests.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall establish a grant program to be known as the Tree City USA Grant Program to provide competitive grants to qualifying local governments to enhance and maintain urban forests.

USDA and the Department of Labor shall jointly establish Civilian Conservation Centers in urban and community areas.

A specified five-year report on state forests and their resources shall contain an analysis of forest carbon over the previous two decades. Such report shall demonstrate the efforts taken by the Forest Service to

  • conduct a strategic national forest inventory by measuring field plots in combination with advanced technology to improve data, information, and estimates of precision; and
  • use advanced geospatial technologies to improve the area and volume estimates of those field plots, especially for sub-state regions and smaller areas.

USDA shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor, and Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency to

  • identify strategies to increase equitable access to urban forests through existing programs and authorities; and
  • conduct research on the benefits of urban forests for air quality, heat island mitigation, energy burden reduction, and enhanced shading for heat-resilient housing and active transit.
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