Global Climate Change Security Oversight Act
Latest action · Mar 28, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4060-4061)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Global Climate Change Security Oversight Act - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a National Intelligence Estimate on the anticipated geopolitical effects of global climate change and the implications of such effects on U.S. national security.
Requires the Director to prepare the estimate using the mid-range projections of the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to make assessments and recommendation concerning the risks posed by global warming and the security implications, opportunities, and consequences of global warming.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the projected impact on the military installations, capabilities, and operations of the effects of global climate change as assessed in the estimate and to recommend research and analysis needed to further assess the impacts on the military of global climate change as assessed in the estimate.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should address the findings of the estimate regarding the impact of global climate change and potential implications of such impact on the Armed Forces and for the size, composition, and capabilities of Armed Forces in the next Quadrennial Defense Review.
Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the potential for: (1) large migration flows in countries of strategic interest or humanitarian concern as a response to changes in climate and the implications for U.S. security interests; and (2) diplomatic opportunities and challenges facing U.S. policy makers as a result of social, economic, or political responses of groups or nations to global changing climate.
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to research the impacts of global climate change on military operations, doctrine, organization, training, material, logistics, personnel, and facilities, and the actions needed to address those impacts.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2007 to Jan 29, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Mar 28, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Mar 28, 2007 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Apr 12, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Jan 29, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Intelligence (Select) Committee | Referred Mar 28, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 28, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4059-4060)
- Mar 28, 2007Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4060-4061)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4059–S4061Text printed S4060 | Chuck Hagel R-NE, Richard J. Durbin D-IL (text) | Mar 28, 2007 |
| Senate | Text printed S113 | — | Jan 4, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-402 | CLIMATE CHANGE: NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS49 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | May 9, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1961 | Global Climate Change Security Oversight Act | Related bill | Jun 20, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to address security risks posed by global climate change and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Global Climate Change Security Oversight Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Agriculture and Food
- Arctic and polar regions
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congress and military policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Diplomacy
- Emergency Management
- Emigration
- Environmental Protection
- Ethnic relations
- Food supply
- Hurricanes
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International environmental cooperation
- Logistics
- Military bases
- Military doctrine
- Military maneuvers
- Military operations
- Military personnel
- Military research
- Military strategy
- Military training
- Minorities
- Refugees
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Weather
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
