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Insular Area Climate Change Act

Introduced: April 22, 2021 See on congress.gov

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 Transportation discharged.

Dec 30, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.

Dec 30, 2022

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 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

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.

Apr 22, 2021

Introduced in House

Mar 4, 2021

Hearings Held Prior to Introduction and Referral.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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