US Congress House Bill 1880 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 55-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Pending: House Environment and Climate Change Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Women and Climate Change Act of 2019

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
2019-03-26	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.
2019-03-26	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.
2019-03-26	House	Introduced in House

SB868 (Same As) 2019-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1989-1991)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1880/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1880/BILLS-116hr1880ih.pdf