Insular Area Climate Change Act

Bill: 117-hr-2780
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
American Samoa
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Caribbean area
Chemical and biological weapons
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy revenues and royalties
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Florida
Geography and mapping
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Hawaii
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infrastructure development
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Natural disasters
Northern Mariana Islands
Nuclear weapons
Oceania
Palau
Puerto Rico
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Technology assessment
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Insular Area Climate Change Act

 
This bill provides support through programs and financial assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Freely Associated States (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau).
 
For example, the bill requires the Technical Assistance Program of the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to provide technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to the territories and Freely Associated States.
 
It also establishes an Insular Area National Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency to build and strengthen infrastructure to withstand natural disasters, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, and provide technical assistance in the territories and Freely Associated States.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes several grant programs to assess and reduce the impacts of climate change, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, or expand sustainable infrastructure to withstand natural disasters in the territories and Freely Associated States.

action_date: 2022-12-30
text: 

Insular Area Climate Change Act

 
This bill provides support through programs and financial assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Freely Associated States (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau).
 
For example, the bill requires the Technical Assistance Program of the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to provide technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to the territories and Freely Associated States.
 
It also establishes an Insular Area National Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency to build and strengthen infrastructure to withstand natural disasters, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, and provide technical assistance in the territories and Freely Associated States.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes several grant programs to assess and reduce the impacts of climate change, expand renewable energy and energy efficiency, or expand sustainable infrastructure to withstand natural disasters in the territories and Freely Associated States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 503.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-686, Part I.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-686, Part I.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Hearings Held Prior to Introduction and Referral.