SHADE Act

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