Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide by which to evaluate domestic and international climate change policies, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Oct 26, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Progress
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- IntroducedOct 23, 2009
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) adopt a target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide by which to evaluate domestic and international climate change policies; and (2) develop domestic and international policies that are sufficiently flexible to accommodate advancing science in the event that a change in that target becomes warranted.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 23, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Oct 23, 2009 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Oct 23, 2009Introduced in House
- Oct 23, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Oct 23, 2009Referred to House Foreign Affairs
- Oct 23, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2009Introduced in House
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