SHADE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4212 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4212

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a 
 grant program for planting of qualifying trees in eligible areas, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2025

Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Quigley, 
  Mr. Cohen, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Lieu, Mr. 
Fields, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Johnson 
 of Georgia, Ms. Titus, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Pingree, 
Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. 
Pallone, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Frost, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. 
   Velazquez, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. 
  Garcia of Texas, Ms. Chu, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Raskin, Mr. 
  Kennedy of New York, and Mr. Carson) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a 
 grant program for planting of qualifying trees in eligible areas, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Saving Hazardous And Declining 
Environments Act'' or the ``SHADE Act''.

SEC. 2. TREE PLANTING GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, shall, not later than 180 days after any 
amounts are appropriated under subsection (f), establish a grant 
program under which the Secretary shall award grants to eligible 
entities to plant qualifying trees in eligible areas.
    (b) Notice of Funding Opportunity.--The Secretary shall, not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, publish a 
notice of funding opportunity for the grant program established under 
subsection (a).
    (c) Applications.--
            (1) In general.--An eligible entity that seeks to receive a 
        grant under subsection (a) shall submit an application to the 
        Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require.
            (2) Contents.--An application submitted under paragraph (1) 
        shall include a 5-year timeline and budget for the planting and 
        maintenance associated with any qualifying trees awarded.
            (3) Community involvement.--The Secretary shall require 
        eligible entities to develop a public participation plan to 
        ensure that residents of the area in which a project is to be 
        implemented are involved in decision-making about the project 
        and such public participation plan may include--
                    (A) opportunities for local nonprofits to be 
                involved;
                    (B) opportunities for public input; and
                    (C) demonstrated support from the community.
    (d) Selection.--When awarding grants under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that, as determined 
by the Secretary, have a housing policy plan that will minimize the 
displacement of current residents.
    (e) Use of Amounts.--An eligible entity that receives a grant under 
subsection (a) shall use amounts provided to cover costs associated 
with--
            (1) implementing the tree planting project in an eligible 
        area, including--
                    (A) planning and designing the planting activity;
                    (B) purchasing qualifying trees; and
                    (C) preparing the site and conducting planting, 
                including the labor and cost associated with the use of 
                machinery;
            (2) maintaining and monitoring planted trees for a period 
        of up to 5 years to ensure successful establishment of the 
        qualifying trees;
            (3) training activities associated with the project; and
            (4) other relevant costs, as determined by the Secretary.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the Program $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2036.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) a State, Territory, or Tribal agency;
                    (B) a local government entity;
                    (C) an Indian Tribe; and
                    (D) a nonprofit organization that works with a 
                State, Territory, or Tribal agency, a local government 
                entity, or an Indian Tribe.
            (2) Eligible areas.--The term ``eligible area'' means a 
        redlined area or an intra-urban heat island effect area.
            (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``Indian tribe'' in section 4 of the 
        Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
        U.S.C. 5304).
            (4) Intra-urban heat island effect area.--The term ``intra-
        urban heat island effect area'' means an area within a city 
        that, as determined by the Secretary in coordination with the 
        Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
        and the heads of other agencies as the Secretary determines 
        appropriate, has lower tree canopy coverage and higher maximum 
        daytime summer temperatures compared to adjacent or nearby 
        areas within the same city.
            (5) Local governmental entity.--The term ``local 
        governmental entity'' means any municipal government or county 
        government with jurisdiction over local land use decisions.
            (6) Nonprofit organization.--The term ``nonprofit 
        organization'' means an organization that is described in 
        section 170(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (7) Qualifying tree.--The term qualifying tree means a tree 
        that--
                    (A) is a species that is not an invasive species in 
                the eligible area in which such tree is to be planted; 
                and
                    (B) is not a species that is, in the eligible area 
                at the time of planting, being attacked by an invasive 
                species, unless the eligible entity has a plan to limit 
                the risk of death of the tree to be planted.
            (8) Redlined area.--The term ``redlined area'' means a 
        census tract graded as ``hazardous'' or ``definitely 
        declining'' in maps drawn by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation 
        that are, as of the date of enactment of this Act, low-income 
        communities.
            (9) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
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