To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue an annual report to Congress projecting and accounting for the economic costs directly and indirectly caused by the impacts of climate change, to require the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to establish a Federal Advisory Panel on the Economics of Climate Change, and for other purposes.
Restructuring Environmentally Sound Pensions in Order to Negate Disaster Act of 2024 or the RESPOND Act of 2024
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board must establish an advisory panel on the economics of climate change to advise and report on how the board can implement investment strategies that align with the United States’ goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The board must then assess whether implementing low-carbon investment strategies is profitable and consistent with its duties.
If the board is unable to find that such strategies would be profitable, the bill establishes the Climate Choice Stock Index Fund as part of the Federal Employees Retirement System's Thrift Savings Plan. This fund is established as an investment portfolio that performs similarly to other plan index funds, but does not invest in fossil fuels.
Finally, the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission must annually report on the economic costs of climate change.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
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