Rapid Response to Climate Impacts Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
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.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rapid Response to Climate Impacts Act
This bill requires the Department of State to establish a Climate Impacts Task Force, which must seek to prevent and mitigate the potential for national security risks arising from climate change and related social conditions.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Apr 28, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Jun 30, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 30, 2021 |
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 Apr 28, 2021 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Apr 28, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2021Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. 167, no. 73, April 28, 2021, page H2128.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To help prevent emerging events exacerbated by climate change, which threaten national and international security, by enhancing United States Government capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such events, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rapid Response to Climate Impacts Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Department of State
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2021Introduced 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.
