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H.R. 6654: CASC Act

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H.R. 6654: CASC Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-02-09 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 435.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-02-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 435. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  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

CASC Act

Plain summary

Climate Adaptation Science Centers Act or the CASC Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of the Interior's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers. The centers must provide scientific expertise to managers of natural resources, cultural resources, and ecosystem services to inform decisions that aid adaptation to a changing climate and extreme weather events. The program shall include a National Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers. Among its activities, the National Center shall serve as the national office for the regional centers, develop and facilitate coordination among the regional centers, and conduct research on cross-regional and national science priorities. Regional centers shall develop research, education, training, and advisory service priorities regarding the impacts of climate trends and variability on natural and cultural resource management. Interior shall establish an Advisory Committee on Climate and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers on specified matters, including (1) the contents of a national strategy identifying key climate adaptation science priorities to advance the management of natural and cultural resources in the face of climate change; and (2) the integration of equity, particularly for historically underserved communities, in the operation of the National Center and regional centers.

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Official text

CASC Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · 24 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6654, CASC Act (2022-11-14)

Cosponsors on this site

Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Levin (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO)

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Statute
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6654 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117