Congress 116 - HR 3623 - Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Business records Climate change and greenhouse gases Corporate finance and management Finance and Financial Sector Financial services and investments Securities Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Water use and supply

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Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019

This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require an issuer of securities to annually disclose information regarding climate change-related risks posed to the issuer, including an issuer's strategies and actions to mitigate these risks.

Among other things, issuers must (1) report their direct and indirect greenhouse-gas emissions, (2) disclose their fossil fuel-related assets, and (3) establish standards regarding the social cost of carbon.

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Oct 27, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461.
Oct 27, 2020

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Oct 27, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-563, Part I.
Jul 16, 2019

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 25.
Jul 16, 2019

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Jul 5, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Jul 5, 2019

Introduced in House

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