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S 1164 108th Congress Senate

Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to provide for the development and coordination of a comprehensive and integrated United States research program that assists the people of the United S… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide for the development and coordination of a comprehensive and integrated United States research program that assists the people of the United States and the world to understand, assess, and predict human-induced and natural processes of abrupt climate change.

Introduced: June 2, 2003 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications AtmosphereClimate change and greenhouse gasesEnvironmental ProtectionEnvironmental research
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Federal aid to researchGeophysical predictionMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesOceanographic research
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This bill died when the 108th Congress ended
It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 13, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
May 13, 2004
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 108-263.
Mar 9, 2004
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 2, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 2, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 13, 2004

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and carry out a scientific research program on abrupt climate change. Lists as purposes of the program: (1) to develop a global array of terrestrial and oceanographic indicators of paleoclimate in order to sufficiently identify and describe past instances of abrupt climate change; (2) to improve understanding of thresholds and nonlinearities in geophysical systems related to the mechanisms of abrupt climate change; (3) to incorporate such mechanisms into advanced geophysical models of climate change; and (4) to test the output of such models against an improved global array of records of past abrupt climate changes.
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jun 2, 2003
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 2, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1164: Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1164/
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"S. 1164: Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1164/.
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S. 1164, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1164/.
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