Climate Change National Security Strategy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1201
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2019-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Animal and plant health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military operations and strategy
Policy sciences
Scientific communication
Water use and supply
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: 

Climate Change National Security Strategy Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the impacts of climate change to be identified and considered in the development and implementation of national security policies and plans.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the National Security Advisor and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to jointly establish an interagency Climate and National Security Working Group, which must develop an action plan on climate-related impacts on national security interests. Further, specified federal departments and agencies must each develop a plan that ensures that such impacts are identified and considered in the development and implementation of relevant national security doctrine, policies, and plans. The plans must be updated at least annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Introduced in House