SAFE Act
Latest action · Nov 30, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedNov 30, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or the SAFE Act
This bill requires the President to establish a National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group to address the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants, including by adopting a national strategy and completing strategy implementation plans.
Federal agencies must integrate the elements of the national strategy that relate to conservation, management, and protection of fish, wildlife, and plants into their plans, environmental reviews, and programs.
The Department of the Interior must establish: (1) a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants; and (2) an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group.
In order to be eligible to receive funds under this bill, a state must submit to Interior and the Department of Commerce a fish, wildlife, and plant adaptation plan detailing efforts to address the effects of climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants and coastal areas within the state's jurisdiction.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 30, 2017 to Apr 19, 2018; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Nov 30, 2017 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Nov 30, 2017 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Nov 30, 2017 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Nov 30, 2017 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Nov 30, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Apr 19, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Nov 30, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Nov 30, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-55 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 6344, TO AMEND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION EFFORTS, "LOCAL ACT OF 2018"; ...... "PETITION ACT OF 2018"107 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Sep 26, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4426 | Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
| HR 4490 | SAFE Act | Related bill | Nov 30, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish an integrated national approach to respond to ongoing and expected efforts of extreme weather and climate change by protecting, managing, and conserving the fish, wildlife, and plants of the United States, and to maximize Government efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments and other entities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act
- SAFE Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Aquatic ecology
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Department of the Interior
- Ecology
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fishes
- Horticulture and plants
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Scientific communication
- State and local government operations
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 30, 2017Introduced 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.
