SRES 551 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

A resolution recognizing that sea levels are rising at accelerated rates due to human-caused climate change.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 17, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 17, 2025
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 17, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalDec 17, 2025
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalDec 17, 2025
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalDec 17, 2025
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalDec 17, 2025
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalDec 17, 2025
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalDec 17, 2025
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalDec 17, 2025
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalDec 17, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 17, 2025Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2025Introduced in Senate

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