US SB868 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1989-1991)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1989-1991)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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 (1) combating the effects of climate change on women, and (2) 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.
Title
Women and Climate Change Act of 2019
Sponsors
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] | Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] |
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-26 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1989-1991) |
Same As/Similar To
HB1880 (Same As) 2019-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Subjects
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Ecology
Economic development
Environmental protection
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Human rights
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
United Nations
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Ecology
Economic development
Environmental protection
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Human rights
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
United Nations
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/868/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s868/BILLS-116s868is.pdf |