Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children; recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis; and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

3.0.0 47 2023-01-11T13:44:38Z 2023-01-11T13:44:38Z Senate SCONRES 2020-09-23 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-23T22:40:14Z Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children; recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis; and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system. 116 119 HCONRES 2020-09-23 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2020-09-23 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5837-5838) IntroReferral 2020-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-09-23 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-09-23 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-09-23 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-09-23 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2020-09-23 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2020-09-23 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-09-23 True Environmental Protection Air quality Child health Child safety and welfare Climate change and greenhouse gases Economic performance and conditions Environmental health Protest and dissent Environmental Protection

00 2020-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-05T19:30:47Z This resolution calls for renewed U.S. leadership in addressing the climate crisis that is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children. It also recognizes the need for relevant federal departments and agencies to prepare a climate recovery plan that puts the United States on a trajectory consistent with reducing global atmospheric carbon dioxide to below 350 parts per million by the year 2100.

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A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system. Display Title A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system. Official Title as Introduced A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sconres47is/xml/BILLS-116sconres47is.xml 2020-09-23 Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5837-5838) 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.