117 HR 2644 IH: Green New Deals for Cities Act of 2021 U.S. House of Representatives 2021-04-19 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2644IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 19, 2021Ms. Bush (for herself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Omar, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Newman, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Velázquez, and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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 concernedA BILLTo provide direct funding to local, Tribal, and territorial governments to establish Green New Deal programs and initiatives, and for other purposes.

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Definitions

In this Act:(1)

Climate mitigation

The term climate mitigation means policies and activities intended to reduce the greenhouse gas forcing of the climate system. (2)

FPIC

The term FPIC means free, prior, and informed consent.(3)

Frontline community

The term frontline community means a community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, deindustrialized communities, fossil fuel communities, or Tribal and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse climate change, human health, or environmental effects, as compared to other communities.(4)

Local government

The term local government means a territory or any unit of local government within a State or territory, including a county, borough, municipality, city, town, township, parish, local public authority, transit agency (including multistate transit agencies), special district, school district, intrastate district, council of governments, any other instrumentality of local government. (5)

Local Green New Deal program proposal

The term local Green New Deal program proposal means a proposal of a local government or a Native American Nation that commits—(A)to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions, by 2030, through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers;(B)to create hundreds of good, high-wage jobs and ensure prosperity and economic security for all people of the local government or Native American Nation;(C)to invest in the infrastructure and industry of the local government to sustainably meet the challenges of the 21st century;(D)to secure for all people of the United States for generations to come—(i)clean air and water;(ii)climate and community resiliency;(iii)healthy and sustainably produced food;(iv)access to nature; and(v)a sustainable environment; and(E)to promote justice and equity by stopping current, preventing future, and repairing historic oppression of indigenous peoples, communities of color, migrant communities, deindustrialized communities, depopulated rural communities, the poor, low-income workers, women, the elderly, the unhoused, people with disabilities, incarcerated communities, and communities experiencing police violence and youth.(6)

Native American Nation

The term Native American Nation means—(A)the governing body of any individually identified and federally recognized Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, affiliated tribal group, or component reservation in the list published pursuant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)); (B)the governing body of any individually identified Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, affiliated tribal group, or component reservation, excluding tribal corporations; and(C)a State recognized Tribe.