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Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.

USA119th CongressHCONRES-46| House 
| Updated: 7/23/2025
Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (3)
Jared Huffman (Democratic)Shri Thanedar (Democratic)Joseph D. Morelle (Democratic)

Foreign Affairs Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations through climate restoration . It formally recognizes an obligation to restore atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations to below 300 parts per million (ppm), a level at which humans have historically survived long-term, contrasting with today's approximately 420 ppm. The resolution emphasizes that climate restoration is a crucial complement to rapid emissions reductions and is a precondition for intergenerational climate justice. Achieving this goal by 2050 will require removing approximately one trillion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, leveraging both natural processes and new technologies for sequestration. In addition to CO2 removal, the resolution highlights the importance of reducing feedback loops that negatively affect the Earth's energy balance and addressing short-lived climate pollutants like methane. Congress declares climate restoration and achieving net-zero CO2 emissions as key policy priorities, calling on the President, Secretary of State, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations to take actions to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at preindustrial levels.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HCONRES 116-35
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate.

Bill from Previous Congress

HRES 118-1563
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.

Bill from Previous Congress

HCONRES 115-137
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate.
Jul 23, 2025
Submitted in House
Jul 23, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HCONRES 116-35
    Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate.


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HRES 118-1563
    Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HCONRES 115-137
    Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate.


  • July 23, 2025
    Submitted in House


  • July 23, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

Environmental Protection

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.

USA119th CongressHCONRES-46| House 
| Updated: 7/23/2025
This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations through climate restoration . It formally recognizes an obligation to restore atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations to below 300 parts per million (ppm), a level at which humans have historically survived long-term, contrasting with today's approximately 420 ppm. The resolution emphasizes that climate restoration is a crucial complement to rapid emissions reductions and is a precondition for intergenerational climate justice. Achieving this goal by 2050 will require removing approximately one trillion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, leveraging both natural processes and new technologies for sequestration. In addition to CO2 removal, the resolution highlights the importance of reducing feedback loops that negatively affect the Earth's energy balance and addressing short-lived climate pollutants like methane. Congress declares climate restoration and achieving net-zero CO2 emissions as key policy priorities, calling on the President, Secretary of State, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations to take actions to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at preindustrial levels.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HCONRES 116-35
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate.

Bill from Previous Congress

HRES 118-1563
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.

Bill from Previous Congress

HCONRES 115-137
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate.
Jul 23, 2025
Submitted in House
Jul 23, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HCONRES 116-35
    Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate.


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HRES 118-1563
    Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HCONRES 115-137
    Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and to creating solutions for restoring the climate.


  • July 23, 2025
    Submitted in House


  • July 23, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (3)
Jared Huffman (Democratic)Shri Thanedar (Democratic)Joseph D. Morelle (Democratic)

Foreign Affairs Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Environmental Protection

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted