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H.R. 794 (117th)

Climate Emergency Act of 2021

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Introduced

4 February 2021

Last action

5 February 2021 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Sponsors

Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14], Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34], Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3], Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8], Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3], Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32], Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3], Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Marie Newman, Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1]

Subjects

Environment, Energy, Climate

Source updated

21 July 2025

Environment · Energy · Climate

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Summary

National Climate Emergency Act of 2021 or the Climate Emergency Act of 2021 This bill directs the President to declare a national emergency with respect to climate change. The President, in responding to the emergency, must ensure that the government invests in large scale mitigation and resiliency projects; makes investments that enable a racially and socially just transition to a clean energy economy by ensuring that at least 40% of investments flow to historically disadvantaged communities; avoids solutions that increase inequality or violate human rights; creates jobs that conform to labor standards that provide family sustaining wages and benefits and ensure safe workplaces; prioritizes local and equitable hiring and contracting that creates opportunities for marginalized communities; combats environmental injustice; and reinvests in existing public sector institutions and creates new public sector institutions to strategically mobilize and channel investments at the scale and pace required by the national emergency. The President shall report annually on actions taken in response to the national emergency.

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Timeline

  1. 4 February 2021

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Small Business, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 4 February 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 4 February 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 5 February 2021

    Referred

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

    Source: Committee

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