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CASC Act

Introduced: February 28, 2022 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 7, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 435.

Dec 7, 2022

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-602.

Jul 13, 2022

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.

Jul 13, 2022

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jul 13, 2022

Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.

Jul 13, 2022

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.

Feb 17, 2022

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Feb 10, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Feb 10, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Feb 9, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Feb 9, 2022

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Climate Adaptation Science Centers Act or the CASC Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of the Interior's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers. The centers must provide scientific expertise to managers of natural resources, cultural resources, and ecosystem services to inform decisions that aid adaptation to a changing climate and extreme weather events. The program shall include a National Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers.

Among its activities, the National Center shall

serve as the national office for the regional centers,
develop and facilitate coordination among the regional centers, and
conduct research on cross-regional and national science priorities.

Regional centers shall develop research, education, training, and advisory service priorities regarding the impacts of climate trends and variability on natural and cultural resource management.

Interior shall establish an Advisory Committee on Climate and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers on specified matters, including (1) the contents of a national strategy identifying key climate adaptation science priorities to advance the management of natural and cultural resources in the face of climate change; and (2) the integration of equity, particularly for historically underserved communities, in the operation of the National Center and regional centers.

What's happening now December 7, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 435.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives