HR 9 - Climate Action Now Act - National Key Vote
Timeline
- House Bill Passed
- May 2, 2019
- Introduced
- March 27, 2019
Related Issues
Stage Details
Title: Climate Action Now Act
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires the President to take environment policy actions previously committed to under the Paris Climate Agreement.
Highlights:
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Prohibits the appropriation of any federal funds to take action to advance the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement (Sec. 3).
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Requires the President to develop and submit a plan both to the public and to Congress, for the United States to meet previously determined contribution under the Agreement that details (Sec. 4):
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How the U.S. will achieve, by 2025, an economy-wide target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below U.S. emission levels in 2005,;
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How the U.S. will use the Paris Agreement’s transparency provisions to confirm that other parties to the Agreement with major economies are fulfilling their announced contributions to the Agreement;
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How the U.S. will use diplomatic tools to encourage and assist other parties to the Agreement to fulfill their announced contributions;
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How the Paris Agreement’s loss and damage provisions would affect U.S. infrastructure resiliency; and
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How the plan takes into consideration populations, regions, industries, and constituencies that could be affected by nationally determined contributions including:
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American jobs, wages, and pay;
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The cost of energy, such as electricity and gasoline, for consumers; and
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The ability to develop and deploy new, innovative, domestically-produced technologies.
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Requires the President to produce a report that examines the effect of the Paris Agreement on clean energy job development in rural communities (Sec. 5).
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Requires the President to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to produce a report that examines the potential impacts of withdrawal by the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on the global economic competitiveness of the U.S. economy and its workers, no later than 6 months after this Act goes into effect (Sec. 6).
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Defines “Paris Agreement” as the decision by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 21st Conference of Parties in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015 (Sec. 7).
Title: Climate Action Now Act
- Alma Shealey Adams (NC - D)
- Pete Aguilar (CA - D)
- Colin Z. Allred (TX - D)
- Cindy Axne (IA - D)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA - D)
- Karen Bass (CA - D)
- Ami Bera (CA - D)
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- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
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- Yvette D. Clarke (NY - D)
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- Emanuel Cleaver II (MO - D)
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- T. J. Cox (CA - L) (Out Of Office)
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- Ted W. Lieu (CA - D)
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- David W. 'Dave' Loebsack (IA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA - D)
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- Thomas 'Tom' Malinowski (NJ - D)
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