Title: Recognizing the impacts of climate change on outdoor recreation and supporting policies that address the causes and effects of climate change.
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Recognizes the harmful impact of climate change on the lands, waters, and ecosystems used for outdoor recreation.
Expresses support for policies that address the causes and effects of climate change.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 825 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 825

  Recognizing the impacts of climate change on outdoor recreation and 
  supporting policies that address the causes and effects of climate 
                                change.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2018

Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Ms. DelBene, and Mrs. 
  Love) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing the impacts of climate change on outdoor recreation and 
  supporting policies that address the causes and effects of climate 
                                change.

Whereas the outdoor recreation economy generates $887,000,000,000 in consumer 
        spending annually and supports 7,600,000 jobs in the United States;
Whereas conservation of our land, water, and climate are important principles of 
        responsible environmental stewardship;
Whereas the United States Global Change Research Program recently reported the 
        Earth's temperatures are increasing and that the last 3 years have been 
        the warmest in recorded history, resulting in rising ocean temperatures, 
        rising sea levels, ocean acidification, dramatic glacier melt, shorter 
        winter seasons, reduced snowpack, and an increase in extreme weather in 
        the United States;
Whereas this increase in average temperatures threatens ecosystems, wildlife, 
        and habitat across the United States and negatively impacts outdoor 
        activities such as fishing, hunting, skiing, rafting, bird watching, 
        climbing, and other activities, due to impacts on the environment and 
        the health of people in the United States;
Whereas natural disasters across the United States are becoming increasingly 
        devastating, as exemplified through recent hurricanes and wildfires and 
        increasing threats and prevalence of droughts, impacting the health of 
        communities and economies;
Whereas the impacts of climate change will increasingly threaten communities, 
        economies, land, and water, unless addressed through mitigation and 
        adaptation efforts;
Whereas the impacts of climate change cause supply chain and operations 
        disruptions, affecting the outdoor industry's ability to manufacture, 
        distribute, and sell products; and
Whereas implementing policy solutions that address carbon emissions, clean 
        energy, and climate change adaptation and mitigation can support a more 
        stable climate and new economy that supports local communities, 
        economies, and vulnerable populations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the harmful impact of climate change on the 
        lands, waters, and ecosystems used for outdoor recreation;
            (2) acknowledges the related impacts on communities and 
        economies that depend on outdoor recreation; and
            (3) supports policies at the Federal, State, and local 
        level that address the causes and effects of climate change by 
        promoting conservation of our land and water, while supporting 
        urban and rural populations, sustaining tourism-focused 
        communities, and growing the economy of the United States.
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