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H.Res.589 / 116th Congress

Expressing the need for immediate climate action in response to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 25, 2019

This resolution accepts the findings in the "Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate" published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and affirms that immediate action is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect the ocean and cryosphere.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · D–OR

Committees

  • Natural Resources Committee
  • Energy and Commerce Committee
  • Science, Space, and Technology Committee
  • Foreign Affairs Committee
44 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

  4. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

  5. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

  6. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

  7. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

  8. Introduced in House

  9. Introduced in House

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