SAFE Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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 SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or the SAFE Act
The bill requires the development of an integrated national approach to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change.
Specifically, the bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group. The working group must adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants.
After the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences releases a periodic scientific assessment required under the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the working group must use sound science to review and revise the strategy to incorporate new information and advances in the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt. Each federal agency must integrate the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs.
The Department of the Interior must establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support the working group and other interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change.
Interior must establish an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 28, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 28, 2021 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Apr 28, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 28, 2021 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Apr 28, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 28, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2872 | SAFE Act | Related bill | Nov 16, 2022 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Aquatic ecology
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Department of the Interior
- Ecology
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fishes
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Scientific communication
- State and local government operations
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2021Introduced in Senate
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