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S 2565 116th Congress Senate International Affairs Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Disaster relief and insurance Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Foreign aid and international relief Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures International organizations and cooperation Military assistance, sales, and agreements Public-private cooperation Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 26, 2019 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Sep 26, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sep 26, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill generally addresses the response of federal agencies to climate change, including by providing for the admission to the United States of climate displaced persons, by requiring the Department of State to develop a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, and by requiring the Government Accountability Office to report on the progress made towards incorporating climate change into the policy of departments and agencies.

What's happening now September 26, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  • HR 4732 Related bill To establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, and …
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Oct 29, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Oct 28, 2019
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Oct 28, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2565: A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2565/
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"S. 2565: A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2565/.
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S. 2565, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2565/.
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