Title: Climate Change is Real Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Climate Change is Real Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reinstate the information about climate change that was removed from, or redacted on, the EPA's website during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on this bill's enactment. Further, the EPA must maintain and update information on climate change on its public website, including: (1) information acknowledging the impact of human activities on climate and the planet, (2) links to materials that assist local governments in preparing for rising temperatures and more severe storms and weather conditions, and (3) detailed information and descriptions of climate change risks.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5552 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5552

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 reinstate information about climate change that was removed from, or 
       redacted on, the Agency's website, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2018

 Mr. Carbajal introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 reinstate information about climate change that was removed from, or 
       redacted on, the Agency's website, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Climate Change is Real Act''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL 
              WARMING ON THE EPA WEBSITE.

    (a) Reinstating Removed and Redacted Information.--Not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 
the ``Administrator'') shall reinstate the information about climate 
change that was removed from, or redacted on, the Agency's website 
during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the date 
of implementation of this subsection.
    (b) Maintaining Up-to-Date Information.--The Administrator shall 
maintain on the public website of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
and update regularly, information on climate change, including the 
following:
            (1) Information acknowledging the impact of human 
        activities on climate and the planet.
            (2) Links to materials to assist local governments, 
        including municipalities, to prepare for rising temperatures 
        and more severe storms and weather conditions.
            (3) Detailed information and descriptions of climate change 
        risks, including--
                    (A) examples of plans to adapt to extreme weather 
                conditions for States; and
                    (B) various proposals being implemented by States 
                to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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