Women and Climate Change Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 27, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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 26, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Women and Climate Change Act of 2019
This bill addresses climate change and its effects on women and girls.
Specifically, the bill establishes the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change within the Department of State. The bill outlines the functions of the working group, including the coordination of agencies' policies and activities relating to (1) combating the effects of climate change on women, and (2) improving the government's response to and strategy for climate change.
In addition, the Office of Global Women's Issues of the State Department must submit a strategy to prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on women.
Cosponsors 54
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2019 to Nov 16, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Aug 20, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Aug 20, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Aug 20, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Oct 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Oct 18, 2019 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Dec 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jun 29, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Nov 16, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2019 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2019 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Mar 26, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2019Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 52, March 26, 2019, page H2828.
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. 116-14 | MEMBER DAY97 pages | Select Committee on the Climate Crisis | Nov 14, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 260 | Women and Climate Change Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 2, 2021 |
| S 868 | Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Mar 26, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To address the disparate impact of climate change on women and support the efforts of women globally to address climate change, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Women and Climate Change Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Crimes against women
- Department of State
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Ecology
- Economic development
- Environmental Protection
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Food assistance and relief
- Human rights
- Infrastructure development
- International organizations and cooperation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- United Nations
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Women's education
- Women's employment
- Women's health
- Women's rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2019Introduced in House
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.
