118th Congress Environmental Protection
H.R. 2786: Climate Change Relief for Urban Areas Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill revises support for urban and community forestry and establishes a program to support rooftop gardens for public elementary and secondary schools.
First, the bill revises provisions under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 that provide assistance for urban and community forestry. Assistance must be prioritized for areas with low tree equity scores which indicate whether there are enough trees in a neighborhood and are based on how the tree canopy and surface temperature of an area align with income, employment, race, age, and health factors of that area.
Second, the bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program that awards grants for rooftop gardens on public elementary and secondary schools. In awarding grants, USDA must prioritize schools in areas with the lowest garden equity scores. The scores must be based on the population density, racial composition, incidence of respiratory illness, number of urban gardens, food sovereignty, and average surface temperature of the areas.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Nanette Barragán D-CAOriginal
- Shontel Brown D-OHOriginal
- Yvette Clarke D-NYOriginal
- Dwight Evans D-PAOriginal
- Adriano Espaillat D-NYOriginal
- Raúl Grijalva D-AZOriginal
- Jimmy Gomez D-CAOriginal
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CAOriginal
- Grace Meng D-NYOriginal
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NYOriginal
- Linda Sánchez D-CAOriginal
- Mary Scanlon D-PAOriginal
- Andrea Salinas D-OROriginal
- Mark Takano D-CAOriginal
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJOriginal
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FL
- Jared Huffman D-CA
- Eleanor Norton D-DC
- Donald Payne D-NJ
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History
- Introduced in the House by Adam Schiff.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.