Musi wa2 Gumiguru 2009, Congresswoman Doris Matsui akapihwa mubairo weCalifornia Urban Forestry Award weCommunity Building neMiti. Rukudzo urwu rwunopihwa na California Urban Forests Council kumubatanidzwa kana mukuru wehurumende ane basa risiri remasango emumaguta asi aratidza chikamu chakakosha uye chakakosha chekubatsira kunharaunda, dunhu, kana Hurumende yeCalifornia vachishandisa masango emumaguta kana zvirongwa zvegirinhi zvezvivakwa kubatsira nekusimudzira hupenyu.
Semumiriri akagadzwa uye ane ruzivo, Congresswoman Matsui akabuda muWashington semumiriri ane hunyanzvi uye ane simba wevanhu vedunhu reSacramento uyo akatarisana nekushandisa zviwanikwa zvemubatanidzwa kuvandudza hupenyu hwevamiriri vake. Senhengo yechina-yepamusoro-soro paDare reMitemo yeImba ine simba, anounza izwi rakasiyana redunhu reSacramento kuWashington, DC.
Congresswoman Matsui ndiye munyori weThe Energy Conservation kuburikidza neMiti Act, Chikamu 205 mu "American Clean Energy & Security Act ya2009." Chiitiko ichi chinobvumira Munyori weMasimba kupa rubatsiro rwemari, unyanzvi, uye hunoenderana kune vatengesi vemagetsi ekutengesa kuti vabatsire nekugadzwa kwezvitsva, kana kuenderera mberi kwekushanda kwezvinhu zviripo, zvinotarisirwa zvekugara & mabhizimisi maduku, mapurogiramu ekudyara miti, uye zvinoda Munyori kuti kugadzira chirongwa chekucherechedzwa neruzhinji munyika kukurudzira kutora chikamu muzvirongwa zvekusima miti nevabatsiri vakadaro.
Rubatsiro rushoma rwunopihwa pasi peMutemo uyu kuzvirongwa zvinoshandisa zvakanangwa, hurongwa hwekumisikidza miti nhungamiro yekudyara miti maererano nenzvimbo yekugara, chiedza chezuva, uye mhepo iripo. Mutemo uyu unoisawo zvinodiwa zvinofanirwa kuzadziswa pazvirongwa zvekusima miti kuti zvikwanise kubatsirwa. Pamusoro pezvo, inobvumira Munyori kuti ape zvipo kune vanopa rubatsiro chete vakapinda muzvibvumirano zvepamutemo nemasangano asingabatsiri ekudyara miti.