Climate Change Safeguards for Natural Resources Conservation Act
Latest action · Jun 22, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Climate Change Safeguards for Natural Resources Conservation Act - Requires the President to establish: (1) a national Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and to identity opportunities to mitigate those impacts; and (2) a Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to serve as a forum for interagency consultation on and the coordination of the development and implementation of such Strategy. Requires each agency represented on the Panel to complete and revise every five years an adaptation plan implementing such Strategy.
Directs the Chair of the Council of Environmental Quality to: (1) chair the Panel; (2) advise the President on the Strategy and agency adaptation plans; and (3) coordinate agency natural resources actions in response to climate change and ocean acidification.
Requires the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior to: (1) establish a coordinated process for developing and providing science and information needed to assess and address the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources; (2) undertake a climate change and ocean acidification impact survey; and (3) establish a Science Advisory Board to advise the Secretaries on state-of-the-art science regarding the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources and on scientific strategies and mechanisms for protecting, restoring, and conserving natural resources.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); (2) establish a National Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information Program; and (3) develop a Habitat and Corridors Information System.
Establishes in the Treasury the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Account. Requires each state, to be eligible for funding from such Account, to prepare and update every five years a natural resources adaptation plan to address the potential impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on its natural resources and coastal areas. Provides for the allocation of such Account funds for specified state and federal natural resources adaptation activities.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2009 to May 6, 2009; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | May 6, 2009 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2009 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2009 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Jun 22, 2010 | |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 22, 2010 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2009 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 5, 2009 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Jun 22, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
- May 5, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Apr 30, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1025-1026)
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to House Natural Resources
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science and Technology, 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.
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to House Agriculture
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to House Science and Technology
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1025, E1029 | Norman D. Dicks D-WA, Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ | Apr 30, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an integrated Federal program to protect, restore, and conserve the Nation's natural resources in response to the threats of climate change and ocean acidification.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Climate Change Safeguards for Natural Resources Conservation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Department of the Interior
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Water quality
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2009Introduced in House
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