S 729 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 7, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Charles E. Schumer D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 11, 2019 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.

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 7, 2019
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill prohibits the use of funds made available to federal agencies (including the Executive Office of the President) to establish or operate a panel, task force, other advisory committee, or other effort intended to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2019 to Apr 4, 2019, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-HI	Brian Schatz	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-OR	Jeff Merkley	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-NH	Margaret Wood Hassan	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-RI	Sheldon Whitehouse	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-MN	Tina Smith	Original	Mar 7, 2019
D-CA	Kamala D. Harris		Apr 4, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 11, 2019Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.
Mar 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
Mar 7, 2019Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 11, 2019Placed on Calendar Senate

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