118th Congress · HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONBILL

H.Con.Res. 56Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

Environmental protection
Introduced Jul 13, 2023
Last action Jul 14, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

This concurrent resolution calls for U.S. leadership in addressing the climate crisis that is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children. It also recognizes the need for a climate recovery plan that puts the United States on a trajectory consistent with reducing global atmospheric carbon dioxide to below 350 parts per million by the year 2100.

Provisions · 1 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Jul 14, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
Jul 13, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 13, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.