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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2991 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United States, and for other purposes. · Sec. 105

Sec. 105. Tree planting for communities

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The Secretary of Labor shall— develop a career and technical education and training program focused on tree planting or tree maintenance; and offer the program as part of the Job Corps program. The Secretary of Energy (referred to in this subsection as the Secretary ), in consultation with the Secretaries, shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall award grants to States, Indian Tribes, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and retail power providers to conduct tree planting projects in accordance with this subsection (referred to in this subsection as the program ).
An entity seeking to receive a grant under the program shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a description of how the project to be carried out using the grant funds will reduce residential energy consumption. In awarding grants under the program, the Secretary shall give priority to tree planting projects that would provide the largest potential reduction in residential energy consumption for households.
In awarding grants under the program, the Secretary shall ensure diverse and equitable geographic representation among the grant recipients. Subject to subparagraph (C), the Federal share of the cost of a tree planting project carried out using a grant under the program shall be not more than 50 percent. The non-Federal share of the cost of a tree planting project carried out using a grant under the program may be in the form of— cash or donations received directly from non-Federal sources; or in-kind contributions.
The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis, increase the Federal share described in subparagraph
(A)if a tree planting project carried out using a grant under the program is located wholly in an economically distressed community.
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