Insular Area Climate Change Act
USA117th CongressHR-2780| House
| Updated: 12/30/2022
Raúl M. Grijalva
Democratic Representative
Arizona
Cosponsors (13)
Stacey E. Plaskett (Democratic)Ritchie Torres (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (Democratic)Melanie A. Stansbury (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Michael F. Q. San Nicolas (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)
Committees (6)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Energy Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Insular Area Climate Change Act This bill provides support through programs and financial assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Freely Associated States (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau). For example, the bill requires the Technical Assistance Program of the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to provide technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to the territories and Freely Associated States. It also establishes an Insular Area National Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency to build and strengthen infrastructure to withstand natural disasters, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, and provide technical assistance in the territories and Freely Associated States. Additionally, the bill establishes several grant programs to assess and reduce the impacts of climate change, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, or expand sustainable infrastructure to withstand natural disasters in the territories and Freely Associated States.
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Timeline
Hearings Held Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-686, Part I.
Environmental Protection
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesAmerican SamoaAquatic ecologyAtmospheric science and weatherCaribbean areaChemical and biological weaponsClimate change and greenhouse gasesComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of EnergyDisaster relief and insuranceEconomic developmentElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy pricesEnergy revenues and royaltiesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental technologyExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFloridaGeography and mappingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsGuamHawaiiHazardous wastes and toxic substancesInfrastructure developmentInterest, dividends, interest ratesMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarshall IslandsMicronesiaNatural disastersNorthern Mariana IslandsNuclear weaponsOceaniaPalauPuerto RicoRadioactive wastes and releasesResearch administration and fundingRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local financeState and local government operationsTechnology assessmentU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin IslandsWater qualityWater use and supplyWetlandsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Insular Area Climate Change Act
USA117th CongressHR-2780| House
| Updated: 12/30/2022
Insular Area Climate Change Act This bill provides support through programs and financial assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Freely Associated States (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau). For example, the bill requires the Technical Assistance Program of the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to provide technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to the territories and Freely Associated States. It also establishes an Insular Area National Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency to build and strengthen infrastructure to withstand natural disasters, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, and provide technical assistance in the territories and Freely Associated States. Additionally, the bill establishes several grant programs to assess and reduce the impacts of climate change, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, or expand sustainable infrastructure to withstand natural disasters in the territories and Freely Associated States.
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Timeline
Hearings Held Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-686, Part I.
Raúl M. Grijalva
Democratic Representative
Arizona
Cosponsors (13)
Stacey E. Plaskett (Democratic)Ritchie Torres (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (Democratic)Melanie A. Stansbury (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Michael F. Q. San Nicolas (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)
Committees (6)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Energy Subcommittee• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Natural Resources Committee
Environmental Protection
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Advanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesAmerican SamoaAquatic ecologyAtmospheric science and weatherCaribbean areaChemical and biological weaponsClimate change and greenhouse gasesComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of EnergyDisaster relief and insuranceEconomic developmentElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy pricesEnergy revenues and royaltiesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental technologyExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFloridaGeography and mappingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsGuamHawaiiHazardous wastes and toxic substancesInfrastructure developmentInterest, dividends, interest ratesMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarshall IslandsMicronesiaNatural disastersNorthern Mariana IslandsNuclear weaponsOceaniaPalauPuerto RicoRadioactive wastes and releasesResearch administration and fundingRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local financeState and local government operationsTechnology assessmentU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin IslandsWater qualityWater use and supplyWetlandsWildlife conservation and habitat protection