A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a strategy of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to address the global climate change crisis, improve the energy and resource efficiency of the Department, and for other purposes.
Climate Change Diplomacy and Development Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of State, in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a Joint Department of State and USAID Strategy to Address the Global Climate Change Crisis. The State Department must also designate its Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs to coordinate State Department and USAID efforts to guide U.S. foreign policy related to global climate change.
Further, the State Department must include specified climate-related items and estimates in its annual budget request.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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