HR 5859
116th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental regulatory procedures
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
International organizations and cooperation
Trillion Trees Act
Introduced: February 12, 2020
Introduced by:
Westerman, Bruce
Republican
· Arkansas
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2020
Committee Hearings Held.
Feb 25, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Feb 12, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means, 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.
Feb 12, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Trillion Trees Act
This bills establishes requirements and incentives to plant trees and conduct other land management practices for the purposes of capturing and storing carbon.
What's happening now
Committee Hearings Held.