S 3774 117th Congress Senate Environmental Protection

Women and Climate Change Act of 2022

Introduced: March 8, 2022 Introduced by: Hirono, Mazie K. Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1061)

Mar 8, 2022

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Women and Climate Change Act of 2022

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 March 8, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1061)

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