US Congress Senate Resolution 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on November 27 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-27 - Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7136-7138; text of measure as introduced: CR S7136)
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A resolution expressing the need for bold climate action in response to the release of the United Nations report entitled "Global Warming of 1.5 C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty" and the Fourth National Climate Assessment report entitled "Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States" by the United States Global Change Research Program.

A resolution expressing the need for bold climate action in response to the release of the United Nations report entitled "Global Warming of 1.5 C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty" and the Fourth National Climate Assessment report entitled "Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States" by the United States Global Change Research Program.

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-11-27	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7136-7138; text of measure as introduced: CR S7136)

HR1145 (Related) 2018-11-13 - 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-resolution/708/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sres708/BILLS-115sres708is.pdf