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SCONRES 9 118th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Economic performance and conditions Emergency planning and evacuation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

A concurrent resolution 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.

Introduced: April 27, 2023 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Apr 27, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S1425-1426)
Apr 27, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 27, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S1425-1426)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 1, 2023
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Apr 27, 2023
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 27, 2023
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Apr 27, 2023
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Apr 27, 2023
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 27, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 9: A concurrent resolution 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-SCONRES-9/
MLA
"S. Con. Res. 9: A concurrent resolution 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-SCONRES-9/.
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S. Con. Res. 9, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SCONRES-9/.
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[S. Con. Res. 9: A concurrent resolution 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SCONRES-9/)
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