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S 729 116th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Advisory bodies Air quality Appropriations Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive agency funding and structure

A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other…

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A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 7, 2019 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 11, 2019
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.
Mar 7, 2019
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Mar 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the use of funds made available to federal agencies (including the Executive Office of the President) to establish or operate a panel, task force, other advisory committee, or other effort intended to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change.

What's happening now March 11, 2019

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.

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 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 7, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 729: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-729/
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"S. 729: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-729/.
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S. 729, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-729/.
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[S. 729: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to Federal agencies to establish a panel, task force, advisory committee, or other effort to challenge the scientific consensus on climate change, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-729/)
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