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Women and Climate Change Act of 2021

Introduced: January 11, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Feb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Jan 11, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Women and Climate Change Act of 2021

This bill addresses climate change and its effects on women and girls.

Specifically, the bill establishes the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change within the Department of State. The bill outlines the functions of the working group, including the coordination of agencies' policies and activities relating to combating the effects of climate change on women and improving the government's response to and strategy for climate change.

In addition, the Office of Global Women's Issues of the State Department must submit a strategy to prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on women.

What's happening now February 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3774 Related bill Women and Climate Change Act of 2022
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 59
All 59 Democratic 48
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Levin, Mike
California · May 31, 2022
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 18, 2022
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 18, 2022
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · May 6, 2022
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 3, 2022
McEachin, A.
· May 3, 2022
Napolitano, Grace
· May 3, 2022
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Feb 28, 2022
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 28, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 28, 2022
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 28, 2022
RUSH, BOBBY
· Feb 28, 2022
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 28, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Feb 28, 2022
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Feb 28, 2022
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jan 25, 2022
Lawrence, Brenda
· Jan 25, 2022
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 25, 2022
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Sep 17, 2021
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Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Sep 17, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Sep 17, 2021
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Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Sep 14, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 1, 2021
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Feb 1, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 1, 2021
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Feb 1, 2021
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jan 11, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Jan 11, 2021
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 11, 2021
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jan 11, 2021
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Chu, Judy
California · Jan 11, 2021
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 11, 2021
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 11, 2021
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 11, 2021
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 11, 2021
Demings, Val
· Jan 11, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jan 11, 2021
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Jan 11, 2021
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Jan 11, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jan 11, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jan 11, 2021
Malinowski, Tom
· Jan 11, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jan 11, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jan 11, 2021
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 11, 2021
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 11, 2021
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Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jan 11, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 260: Women and Climate Change Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-260/
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