Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act of 2022
Latest action · Sep 29, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedSep 13, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act of 2022
This bill addresses greenhouse gas emissions, including by restricting fossil fuel leasing and permitting on public lands.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 13, 2022 to Sep 29, 2022; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Sep 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Sep 13, 2022 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Sep 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Sep 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Sep 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | Sep 13, 2022 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Sep 29, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 13, 2022 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2022 | |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2022 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2022 | |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2022 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 13, 2022 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Sep 29, 2022 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Sep 13, 2022Introduced in House
- Sep 13, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Sep 13, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Sep 13, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Sep 13, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- Sep 13, 2022Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. 168, no. 147, September 13, 2022, page H7784.
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. 117-26 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 8802, "PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS CLIMATE LEADERSHIP ACT OF 2022''109 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Sep 20, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Chief of the Forest Service to align management of public lands and waters with the President's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2022Introduced 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.
