US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on April 22 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-22 - Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S2180-2181)
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-22	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S2180-2181)

HCR31 (Related) 2021-04-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/8/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/sconres8/BILLS-117sconres8is.pdf