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H.R. 794: Climate Emergency Act of 2021

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H.R. 794: Climate Emergency Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-04 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Climate Emergency Act of 2021

Plain summary

National Climate Emergency Act of 2021 or the Climate Emergency Act of 2021 This bill directs the President to declare a national emergency with respect to climate change. The President, in responding to the emergency, must ensure that the government invests in large scale mitigation and resiliency projects; makes investments that enable a racially and socially just transition to a clean energy economy by ensuring that at least 40% of investments flow to historically disadvantaged communities; avoids solutions that increase inequality or violate human rights; creates jobs that conform to labor standards that provide family sustaining wages and benefits and ensure safe workplaces; prioritizes local and equitable hiring and contracting that creates opportunities for marginalized communities; combats environmental injustice; and reinvests in existing public sector institutions and creates new public sector institutions to strategically mobilize and channel investments at the scale and pace required by the national emergency. The President shall report annually on actions taken in response to the national emergency.

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Official text

Climate Emergency Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 62 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mike Levin (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), André Carson (D-IN), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and 2 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr794 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117