H.R. 5477: Federal Agency Climate PREP Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-05 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Federal Agency Climate PREP Act

Plain summary

Federal Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness Act of 2021 or the Federal Agency Climate PREP Act This bill requires executive agencies to develop plans to address, mitigate, and adapt to climate change. Specifically, each executive agency (except for the Government Accountability Office) must submit to the Office of Management and Budget an agency climate action plan. In addition, the bill establishes a Council on Federal Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness. Finally, the bill provides statutory authority for the establishment of the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, which was created by Executive Order 14008.

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Official text

Federal Agency Climate PREP Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 13 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5477, Federal Agency Climate PREP Act (2022-11-04)

Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5477.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5477 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117