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Bill117th CongressFiled Apr 22, 2021Environmental Protection
H.R. 2780

Insular Area Climate Change Act

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What it doesSummary reported to house, part i (Dec 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.

What just happenedDec 30, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3](D-AZ)Sponsor
13 cosponsors13 D
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  1. Dec 30, 2022CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.

  2. Dec 30, 2022DischargeH12300

    Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.

    Science, Space, and Technology Committee
  3. Dec 30, 2022Committee5500

    Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.

    Science, Space, and Technology Committee
  4. Dec 30, 2022DischargeH12300

    Committee on Transportation discharged.

    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  5. Dec 30, 2022Committee5500

    Committee on Transportation discharged.

    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  6. Dec 30, 2022DischargeH12300

    Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  7. Dec 30, 2022Committee5500

    Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  8. Dec 30, 2022CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-686, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  9. Dec 30, 2022Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-686, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  10. Jul 14, 2021Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.

    Natural Resources Committee
  11. Jul 14, 2021Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  12. Apr 23, 2021Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

    Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee
  13. Apr 23, 2021Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

    Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
  14. Apr 22, 2021IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Science, Space, and Technology Committee
  15. Apr 22, 2021IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  16. Apr 22, 2021IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  17. Apr 22, 2021IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Natural Resources Committee
  18. Apr 22, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  19. Apr 22, 2021IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

  20. Mar 4, 2021Committee

    Hearings Held Prior to Introduction and Referral.

    Natural Resources Committee
Reported to House, Part IDec 30, 20228

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.

Introduced in HouseApr 22, 2021

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.

Insular Area Climate Change Act — Informed