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H.R. 1578: Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2003

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H.R. 1578: Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2003

108th Congress · introduced 2003-04-02 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Motion to Report Measure Defeated by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 23.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-04-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to Report Measure Defeated by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 23. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2003

Plain summary

Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2003 - Directs the President to establish an interagency committee to ensure cooperation and coordination of Federal research activities pertaining to processes of global change. Directs the President to establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global change. Directs the President to develop a National Global Change Research Plan to implement the Program, including recommendations for global change research. Requires the Plan to set research goals and priorities, including global measurements of physical processes contributing to changes in the Earth system as well as economic and demographic trends and how these processes and trends interact. Directs the President to establish an interagency climate and other global change data management working group. Requires the President to direct the Secretary of State to initiate discussions with other nations leading toward international protocols and other agreements to coordinate global climate change research activities. Directs the President to establish an Office of Global Change Research Information.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2003

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr1578 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108