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HCONRES 29 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Women's education Women's employment Women's health Women's rights

Recognizing the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change.

Introduced: March 25, 2015 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Mar 25, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 25, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes: (1) the disparate impacts of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address it, and (2) the need for balanced participation of men and women in climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts.

Encourages the use of gender-sensitive frameworks in developing climate change policies.

Affirms Congress's commitment to: (1) support women who are particularly vulnerable to prepare for and adapt to climate change impacts, including a commitment to increase education and training opportunities for women to develop local resilience plans to address the effects of climate change; (2) empower women in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of climate change strategies; and (3) include women in economic development planning, policies, and practices that directly improve conditions that result from climate change.

Encourages the President to: (1) integrate a gender approach in all U.S. policies and programs that are globally related to climate change, and (2) ensure that those policies and programs support women globally to prepare for and adapt to climate change.

What's happening now March 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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