H.R. 794 — Climate Emergency Act of 2021 | PoliFocus

H.R. 794117th Congress

Climate Emergency Act of 2021

Sponsors

Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]

62 cosponsors

Subjects

Environmental Protection

Summary

National Climate Emergency Act of 2021 or the Climate Emergency Act of 2021

This bill directs the President to declare a national emergency with respect to climate change.

The President, in responding to the emergency, must ensure that the government

invests in large scale mitigation and resiliency projects;
makes investments that enable a racially and socially just transition to a clean energy economy by ensuring that at least 40% of investments flow to historically disadvantaged communities;
avoids solutions that increase inequality or violate human rights;
creates jobs that conform to labor standards that provide family sustaining wages and benefits and ensure safe workplaces;
prioritizes local and equitable hiring and contracting that creates opportunities for marginalized communities;
combats environmental injustice; and
reinvests in existing public sector institutions and creates new public sector institutions to strategically mobilize and channel investments at the scale and pace required by the national emergency.

The President shall report annually on actions taken in response to the national emergency.

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Legislative Actions

2021-02-04
Introduced in House
2021-02-04
Introduced in House
2021-02-04
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.
2021-02-04
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.
2021-02-04
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.
2021-02-04
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.
2021-02-04
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.
2021-02-04
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.
2021-02-04
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.
2021-02-05
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2021-02-05
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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