HR 794
117th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Disability and health-based discrimination
Economic development
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial policy and productivity
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Climate Emergency Act of 2021
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Feb 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
National Climate Emergency Act of 2021 or the Climate Emergency Act of 2021
This bill directs the President to declare a national emergency with respect to climate change.
The President, in responding to the emergency, must ensure that the government
- invests in large scale mitigation and resiliency projects;
- makes investments that enable a racially and socially just transition to a clean energy economy by ensuring that at least 40% of investments flow to historically disadvantaged communities;
- avoids solutions that increase inequality or violate human rights;
- creates jobs that conform to labor standards that provide family sustaining wages and benefits and ensure safe workplaces;
- prioritizes local and equitable hiring and contracting that creates opportunities for marginalized communities;
- combats environmental injustice; and
- reinvests in existing public sector institutions and creates new public sector institutions to strategically mobilize and channel investments at the scale and pace required by the national emergency.
The President shall report annually on actions taken in response to the national emergency.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
9
- Agriculture Committee
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
- Education and Workforce Committee
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Environment Subcommittee
- Financial Services Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Small Business Committee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors
54
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Smith, Adam
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Vargas, Juan
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
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Pocan, Mark
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Raskin, Jamie
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Takano, Mark
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Carbajal, Salud O.
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Wilson, Frederica S.
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Beyer, Donald S.
MALONEY, CAROLYN
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Carson, André
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Stansbury, Melanie A.
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Soto, Darren
Bush, Cori
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Newman, Marie
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Boyle, Brendan F.
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Chu, Judy
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Cleaver, Emanuel
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Evans, Dwight
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García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
HASTINGS, ALCEE
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Hayes, Jahana
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
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Omar, Ilhan
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Pingree, Chellie
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Sherman, Brad
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Suozzi, Thomas R.
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Thompson, Bennie G.
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Tlaib, Rashida
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
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Bonamici, Suzanne
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Clarke, Yvette D.
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Cohen, Steve
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DeSaulnier, Mark
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Espaillat, Adriano
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Gomez, Jimmy
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Huffman, Jared
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Jayapal, Pramila
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Khanna, Ro
Levin, Andy
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Levin, Mike
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Matsui, Doris O.
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Meng, Grace
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Nadler, Jerrold
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Neguse, Joe
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
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Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
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Pressley, Ayanna
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Quigley, Mike
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 794: Climate Emergency Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-794/
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