Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a national biodiversity strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations.
Latest action · Jan 28, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution calls for the federal government to establish a national biodiversity strategy, which must include a goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters to protect biodiversity and address climate change by 2030 and other goals necessary to reduce the threats to biodiversity.
Cosponsors 51
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to Apr 18, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | May 7, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 13, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 13, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 18, 2022 |
Committees 1
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 Jan 28, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF11871 | Biodiversity | Resource | Jul 8, 2021 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a national biodiversity strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Ecology
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Federal-Indian relations
- Intergovernmental relations
- International law and treaties
- Land use and conservation
- Research and development
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 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 resolution 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.
