US SCR13 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on July 13 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-07-13 - Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S2466-2468)
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 13 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-07-13 - Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S2466-2468)
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.
Title
A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.
Sponsors
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] | Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] |
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] |
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA] | Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA] |
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL] | Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2023-07-13 | Senate | Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S2466-2468) |
Same As/Similar To
HCR56 (Related) 2023-07-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/13/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/sconres13/BILLS-118sconres13is.pdf |