3.0.0 868 2022-11-01T18:17:19Z 2022-11-01T18:17:19Z Senate S 2019-03-26 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-26T16:06:30Z Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 116 1880 HR 2019-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Identical bill CRS 2019-03-26 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1989-1991) IntroReferral 2019-03-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-05-06 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-05-06 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-05-06 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-05-06 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-05-06 False Environmental Protection Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Crimes against women Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Ecology Economic development Executive agency funding and structure Food assistance and relief Human rights Infrastructure development International organizations and cooperation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Racial and ethnic relations Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination United Nations Urban and suburban affairs and development Women's education Women's employment Women's health Women's rights Environmental Protection 00 2019-03-26 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-16T16:47:14Z Women and Climate Change Act of 2019

This bill addresses climate change and its effects on women and girls.

Specifically, the bill establishes the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change within the Department of State. The bill outlines the functions of the working group, including the coordination of agencies' policies and activities relating to (1) combating the effects of climate change on women, and (2) improving the government's response to and strategy for climate change.

In addition, the Office of Global Women's Issues of the State Department must submit a strategy to prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on women.

]]> Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 Display Title Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to address the disparate impact of climate change on women and support the efforts of women globally to address climate change, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s868is/xml/BILLS-116s868is.xml 2019-03-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1989-1991) 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.