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Insular Area Climate Change Act

Introduced: May 17, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 30, 2022
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
Dec 30, 2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.
Dec 30, 2022
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Dec 30, 2022
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Dec 30, 2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-686, Part I.
Jul 14, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 14, 2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
Apr 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Apr 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced in House
Apr 22, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Mar 4, 2021
Hearings Held Prior to Introduction and Referral.
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Insular Area Climate Change Act

This bill provides support through programs and financial assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Freely Associated States (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau).

For example, the bill requires the Technical Assistance Program of the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to provide technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to the territories and Freely Associated States.

It also establishes an Insular Area National Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency to build and strengthen infrastructure to withstand natural disasters, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, and provide technical assistance in the territories and Freely Associated States.

Additionally, the bill establishes several grant programs to assess and reduce the impacts of climate change, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, or expand sustainable infrastructure to withstand natural disasters in the territories and Freely Associated States.

What's happening now December 30, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2613 Related bill Insular Area Climate Change Act
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 9
D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Aug 3, 2021
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Aug 3, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · May 25, 2021
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · May 25, 2021
McEachin, A.
· May 17, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 7, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 7, 2021
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Apr 22, 2021
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Apr 22, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 22, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2780: Insular Area Climate Change Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2780/
MLA
"H.R. 2780: Insular Area Climate Change Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2780/.
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H.R. 2780, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2780/.
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[H.R. 2780: Insular Area Climate Change Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2780/)
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