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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 13, 2021
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.
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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.
People & committees
Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] · R–NY
Legislative record
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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.
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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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