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HR 2748 116th Congress House Environmental Protection Advisory bodies Air quality Animal protection and human-animal relationships Aquatic ecology Atmospheric science and weather Climate change and greenhouse gases Department of the Interior Ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive agency funding and structure Fishes Indian lands and resources rights Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Scientific communication State and local government operations Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

SAFE Act

Introduced: May 15, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 1, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
Sep 1, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-481.
Jan 29, 2020
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Jan 29, 2020
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
Jan 29, 2020
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
Jan 29, 2020
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Jan 29, 2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 15.
Jan 29, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 24, 2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jun 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Jun 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jun 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
May 15, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 15, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or the SAFE Act

The bill requires the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change.

Specifically, the bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group. The working group must adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants.

After the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences releases a periodic scientific assessment required under the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the working group must use sound science to review and revise the strategy to incorporate new information and advances in the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt.

Each federal agency must integrate the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs.

The Department of the Interior must establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support the working group and other interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change.

Interior must establish an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group.

What's happening now September 1, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 18