US Congress House Bill 2804 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: Introduced on June 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SAFE Act Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act This bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group to adopt the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy (released March 26, 2013) to protect, manage, and conserve fish, wildlife, and plants to maintain the inherent resilience and adaptability of fish, wildlife, and plants to withstand the ongoing and expected effects of extreme weather and climate change. Each federal agency must integrate the elements of the strategy that relate to conservation, management, and protection of fish, wildlife, and plants into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs. The Department of the Interior must establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support the Working Groups and other interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants. Interior must establish an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group on the state of the science regarding the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants and strategies and mechanisms for fish, wildlife, and plants adaptation. To be eligible to receive funding under the bill, the states (including the District of Columbia, Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) must submit to Interior and the Department of Commerce for review and approval a state fish, wildlife, and plant adaptation plan that details efforts to address the effects of climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants and coastal areas.

SAFE Act Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
2015-07-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2015-07-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2015-07-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2015-06-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-06-17	House	Introduced in House

SB1601 (Related) 2015-06-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2804/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2804/BILLS-114hr2804ih.pdf