US HR835 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress House Resolution 835 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-12-18 - Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) adopt a target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide by which to evaluate domestic and international climate change policies, and (2) develop domestic and international policies that are sufficiently flexible to accommodate advancing science in the event that a change in that target becomes warranted.

Title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide by which to evaluate domestic and international climate change policies, and for other purposes.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-18	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2012-12-18	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-12-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

Subjects

Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental protection
International organizations and cooperation

US Congress State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/835/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres835/BILLS-112hres835ih.pdf