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H.Con.Res. 31: Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

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H.Con.Res. 31: Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-21 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

Plain summary

This concurrent resolution calls for renewed 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 the departments and agencies of the executive branch with delegated authority over energy and climate policy to prepare 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.

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Official text

Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · 54 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] reported raising $415,385 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Resolution
A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote
A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hconres31 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117