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 purposes.
Introduced: March 7, 2019
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.