3.0.0 922 2023-01-11T13:36:56Z 2023-01-11T13:36:56Z Senate S 2017-04-24 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-24T22:40:29Z Climate Change Adapt America Fund Act of 2017 115 2129 HR 2017-04-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Identical bill CRS 2017-04-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2494-2495) IntroReferral 2017-04-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N Environmental Protection Advisory bodies Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Department of Commerce Executive agency funding and structure Infrastructure development Securities Environmental Protection 00 2017-04-24 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-24T19:14:05Z Climate Change Adapt America Fund Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue climate change obligations. The proceeds from the debt obligations must be deposited in the Adapt America Fund established by this bill within the Department of Commerce.

Commerce must carry out an investment program to fund projects for reducing economic, social, and environmental impact of the adverse effects of climate change.

The bill establishes the Climate Change Advisory Commission to: (1) establish recommendations, frameworks, and guidelines for the investment program; and (2) identify categories of the most cost-effective investments and projects that emphasize multiple benefits to commerce, human health, and ecosystems.

]]> Climate Change Adapt America Fund Act of 2017 Display Title Climate Change Adapt America Fund Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Climate Change Advisory Commission to develop recommendations, frameworks, and guidelines for projects to respond to the impacts of climate change, to issue Federal obligations, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund projects that aid in adaptation to climate change, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Climate Change Adapt America Fund Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s922is/xml/BILLS-115s922is.xml 2017-04-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2494-2495) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.