HCONRES 37
118th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
May 5, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
May 2, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 2, 2023
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that climate change caused by human activities constitutes a climate emergency, which demands the President use existing authorities and emergency powers to mitigate and prepare for the consequences of the emergency.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
79
Trone, David
D
Correa, J. Luis
D
Crockett, Jasmine
D
Foushee, Valerie P.
D
McGarvey, Morgan
D
Sherman, Brad
D
McCollum, Betty
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
D
Lee, Summer L.
D
Mullin, Kevin
D
Smith, Adam
D
Ivey, Glenn
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
Jackson Lee, Sheila
D
Thompson, Mike
D
Green, Al
D
Levin, Mike
D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
D
Balint, Becca
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
D
Beyer, Donald S.
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Bowman, Jamaal
D
Brownley, Julia
Bush, Cori
Cárdenas, Tony
D
Casar, Greg
D
Chu, Judy
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Doggett, Lloyd
D
Escobar, Veronica
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Frost, Maxwell
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Gomez, Jimmy
D
Hayes, Jahana
D
Hoyle, Val T.
D
Huffman, Jared
D
Jacobs, Sara
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Kamlager-Dove, Sydney
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
D
Lieu, Ted
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 37: Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-37/
"H. Con. Res. 37: Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-37/.
H. Con. Res. 37, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-37/.
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