HCONRES 56 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

Latest action · Jul 14, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

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 concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJul 13, 2023
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

This concurrent resolution calls for U.S. leadership in addressing the climate crisis that is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children. It also recognizes the need for a climate recovery plan that puts the United States on a trajectory consistent with reducing global atmospheric carbon dioxide to below 350 parts per million by the year 2100.

Cosponsors 84

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2023 to Jul 30, 2024; 64 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ORAndrea SalinasOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MOCori BushOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MALori TrahanOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CARo KhannaOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CARobert GarciaOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CASara JacobsOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-PASummer L. LeeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-ORVal T. HoyleOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NCValerie P. FousheeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJul 13, 2023
D-KYMorgan McGarveyJul 14, 2023
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonJul 25, 2023
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezAug 4, 2023
D-ILDelia C. RamirezAug 4, 2023
D-NYJamaal BowmanAug 4, 2023
D-CAJared HuffmanAug 4, 2023
D-CAKatie PorterAug 4, 2023
D-CAMark DeSaulnierAug 4, 2023
D-CAAdam B. SchiffAug 18, 2023
D-VTBecca BalintAug 18, 2023
D-MDGlenn IveyAug 18, 2023
D-AZRuben GallegoAug 18, 2023
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanAug 22, 2023
D-LATroy A. CarterAug 22, 2023
D-CAMark TakanoAug 25, 2023
D-CAMike ThompsonSep 20, 2023
D-CADoris O. MatsuiNov 1, 2023
D-CATed LieuNov 17, 2023
D-NCAlma S. AdamsJan 30, 2024
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterJul 30, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jul 13, 2023
Environment Subcommittee
Referred Jul 14, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 14, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
  2. Jul 13, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jul 13, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 13, 2023Introduced in House

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