Women and Climate Change Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-1880| House
| Updated: 3/27/2019
Barbara Lee
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (54)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Tom Malinowski (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Chrissy Houlahan (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Debra A. Haaland (Democratic)Ilhan Omar (Democratic)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Brad Sherman (Democratic)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Jim Costa (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Albio Sires (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Lori Trahan (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)Ayanna Pressley (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Lauren Underwood (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)
Environment Subcommittee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 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 (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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Environmental Protection
Air qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightCrimes against womenDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEcologyEconomic developmentExecutive agency funding and structureFood assistance and reliefHuman rightsInfrastructure developmentInternational organizations and cooperationMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationUnited NationsUrban and suburban affairs and developmentWomen's educationWomen's employmentWomen's healthWomen's rights
Women and Climate Change Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-1880| House
| Updated: 3/27/2019
Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 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 (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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Barbara Lee
Democratic Representative
California
Cosponsors (54)
Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Val Butler Demings (Democratic)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Tom Malinowski (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Chrissy Houlahan (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Debra A. Haaland (Democratic)Ilhan Omar (Democratic)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Brad Sherman (Democratic)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Jim Costa (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Albio Sires (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Lori Trahan (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)Ayanna Pressley (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Lauren Underwood (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)
Environment Subcommittee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Environmental Protection
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Air qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightCrimes against womenDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEcologyEconomic developmentExecutive agency funding and structureFood assistance and reliefHuman rightsInfrastructure developmentInternational organizations and cooperationMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationUnited NationsUrban and suburban affairs and developmentWomen's educationWomen's employmentWomen's healthWomen's rights