To provide direct funding to local, Tribal, and territorial governments to establish Green New Deal programs and initiatives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2644
Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Criminal justice information and records
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Earth sciences
Ecology
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health technology, devices, supplies
Housing and community development funding
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Indian lands and resources rights
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority employment
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Pipelines
Pollution liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Public transit
Public utilities and utility rates
Racial and ethnic relations
Soil pollution
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: 

Green New Deals for Cities Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide funding to states, local governments, or Native American nations to carry out Green New Deal projects, such as projects to clean up pollution, climate adaptation measures, or conservation projects on family farms. 
 
In order to receive such funding, a state, local government, or Native American nation must have a local Green New Deal program proposal and meet other requirements as specified by the bill. A proposal must contain certain commitments, including a commitment to zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Financial Services, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House