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National Evaluation of Aviation and Aerospace Solutions to Climate Change Act of 2020

Introduced: February 26, 2020 Introduced by: Larsen, Rick Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 27, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 26, 2020
Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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National Evaluation of Aviation and Aerospace Solutions to Climate Change Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which it must conduct a study on climate change mitigation efforts related to the civil aviation and aerospace industries, including developing and applying an appropriate indicator for assessing the effectiveness of such efforts.

What's happening now February 27, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Jul 21, 2020
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Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 2, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 2, 2020
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Brownley, Julia
California · Feb 27, 2020
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Davids, Sharice
Kansas · Feb 26, 2020
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Schrier, Kim
Washington · Feb 26, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5977: National Evaluation of Aviation and Aerospace Solutions to Climate Change Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5977/
MLA
"H.R. 5977: National Evaluation of Aviation and Aerospace Solutions to Climate Change Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5977/.
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H.R. 5977, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5977/.
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