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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. 
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. BARRAGA´N, 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. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
THANEDAR, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MENG, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Ms. CHU, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. KEN-
NEDY 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 Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREE PLANTING GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the For-
est 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 eligi-
ble areas. 
(b) NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.—The Sec-
retary shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, publish a notice of funding oppor-
tunity 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 Sec-
retary may require. 
(2) 
CONTENTS.—An 
application 
submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall include a 5-year timeline 
and budget for the planting and maintenance associ-
ated with any qualifying trees awarded. 
(3) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.—The Secretary 
shall require eligible entities to develop a public par-
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ticipation 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 com-
munity. 
(d) SELECTION.—When awarding grants under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible enti-
ties 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 re-
ceives a grant under subsection (a) shall use amounts pro-
vided 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; 
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(2) maintaining and monitoring planted trees 
for a period of up to 5 years to ensure successful es-
tablishment 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 Pro-
gram $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 
2036. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ 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 
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section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation 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 deter-
mined by the Secretary in coordination with the Di-
rector of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration and the heads of other agencies as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, has lower tree 
canopy coverage and higher maximum daytime sum-
mer 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 Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
(7) QUALIFYING
TREE.—The term qualifying 
tree means a tree that— 
(A) is a species that is not an invasive spe-
cies in the eligible area in which such tree is to 
be planted; and 
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(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 commu-
nities. 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
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