Congress 117 - HR 5477 - Federal Agency Climate PREP Act

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Advisory bodies Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Economic performance and conditions Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental Protection Environmental regulatory procedures Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Intergovernmental relations Poverty and welfare assistance Public-private cooperation Racial and ethnic relations State and local government operations

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Federal Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness Act of 2021 or the Federal Agency Climate PREP Act

This bill requires executive agencies to develop plans to address, mitigate, and adapt to climate change. Specifically, each executive agency (except for the Government Accountability Office) must submit to the Office of Management and Budget an agency climate action plan. In addition, the bill establishes a Council on Federal Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness. Finally, the bill provides statutory authority for the establishment of the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, which was created by Executive Order 14008.

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Dec 2, 2021

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.
Dec 2, 2021

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 6, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Oct 5, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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.
Oct 5, 2021

Introduced in House

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