Bill > HR4420

This bill aims to enhance urban transportation infrastructure by reauthorizing and expanding the Healthy Streets program through 2030, with a focus on combating extreme heat and improving transportation corridor resilience. The legislation seeks to promote cooling infrastructure along transportation routes by supporting tree planting, green infrastructure, and nature-based cooling strategies, particularly in communities with limited infrastructure investment and high heat vulnerability. Key provisions include expanding eligible entities to include transit agencies, local educational agencies, and green infrastructure organizations, defining "cool corridors" as transportation routes enhanced with strategic greening, and establishing grant funding for projects that create shade, plant trees, deploy heat monitoring sensors, and engage communities in urban forestry efforts. The bill prioritizes investments in areas with low tree canopy, aims to improve pedestrian and transit user safety, and requires recipients to submit annual reports on temperature reduction, infrastructure resilience, public health outcomes, and community engagement. Additionally, the bill mandates interagency coordination among federal agencies like the EPA, Department of Energy, and Department of Agriculture to support these cooling and infrastructure resilience initiatives, with the Secretary of Transportation required to submit a comprehensive report to Congress within five years evaluating the program's outcomes and recommending potential permanent authorization.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4420/all-info