United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2222 (111th)
Green Communities Act
Introduced
30 April 2009
Last action
—
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Green Communities Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to municipalities to promote community greening initiatives (defined as programs increasing economic development through environmental improvements). Directs the Secretary to select 80 municipalities to receive grants. Requires an eligible program partner to develop and plan such an initiative, which may include revitalizing municipal parks and public spaces, tree plantings, green roof construction, and vacant lot management. Directs the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, five nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance and training to eligible program partners in developing, planning, implementing, and assessing initiatives.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 April 2009
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 April 2009
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 30 April 2009
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2222
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/2222