H.R. 2786 · 118th Congress
Climate Change Relief for Urban Areas Act of 2023
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 118th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
SchiffSponsor19 cosponsors · 19 D
D
Barragán
SB
D
Brown
YC
D
Clarke
DE
D
Evans
AE
D
Espaillat
RG
D
Grijalva
JG
D
Gomez
SK
D
Kamlager-Dove
GM
D
Meng
AO
D
Ocasio-Cortez
LS
D
Sánchez
MS
D
Scanlon
AS
D
Salinas
MT
D
Takano
BW
D
Watson Coleman
SC
D
Cherfilus-McCormick
JH
D
Huffman
EN
D
Norton
DP
D
Payne15 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill revises support for urban and community forestry and establishes a program to support rooftop gardens for public elementary and secondary schools.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 20, 2023
Climate Change Relief for Urban Areas Act of 2023
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 nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Climate Change Relief for Urban Areas Act of 2023
Latest action (May 15, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 20, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.