Climate Change (generally)
H.R. 4932, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Foreign Affairs; Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Lee
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
4
Volume
48
Update Issue
5
Update Volume
48
Congress Number
115
Congressional Record Number
164 Cong. Rec. H783

would address the disparate impact of climate change on women and support the efforts of women globally to address climate change.

S. 2176, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Whitehouse
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-R.I.
Issue
1
Volume
48
Update Issue
34
Update Volume
47
Congress Number
115
Congressional Record Number
163 Cong. Rec. S7563

would establish an integrated national approach to respond to ongoing and expected efforts of extreme weather and climate change by protecting, managing, and conserving the fish, wildlife, and plants of the United States, and to maximize government efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation with state, local, and tribal governments and other entities.

H.R. 4177, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Transportation and Infrastructure; Oversight and Government Reform
Sponsor Name
Cartwright
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Pa.
Issue
12
Volume
47
Update Issue
31
Update Volume
47
Congress Number
115
Congressional Record Number
163 Cong. Rec. H8293

would enhance the federal government's planning and preparation for extreme weather and its dissemination of best practices to respond to extreme weather, thereby increasing resilience, improving regional coordination, and mitigating its financial risk from such extreme weather.

H.R. Res. 549
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs
Sponsor Name
Espaillat
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.Y.
Issue
12
Volume
47
Update Issue
28
Update Volume
47
Congress Number
115
Congressional Record Number
163 Cong. Rec. H7671

would support the understanding that climate change is real. 

H.R. 2908, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Armed Services; Science, Space, and Technology; Intelligence
Sponsor Name
Lynch
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Mass.
Issue
8
Volume
47
Update Issue
18
Update Volume
47
Congress Number
115
Congressional Record Number
163 Cong. Rec. H4936

would direct federal departments and agencies to perform certain functions to ensure that climate change-related impacts are fully considered in the development of national security doctrine, policies, and plans. 

H.R. 2129, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce; Transportation and Infrastructure; Ways and Means
Sponsor Name
Deutch
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Fla.
Issue
6
Volume
47
Update Issue
13
Update Volume
47
Congress Number
115
Congressional Record Number
163 Cong. Rec. H2846

would establish the Climate Change Advisory Commission to develop recommendations, frameworks, and guidelines for projects to respond to the impacts of climate change, to issue federal obligations, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund projects that aid in adaptation to climate change.

The Impact of Climate Change on American and Canadian Indigenous Peoples and Their Water Resources
Author
Itzchak Kornfeld
Author Bios (long)

Dr. Itzchak Kornfeld is the Giordano Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.

Date
March 2017
Volume
47
Issue
3
Page
10245
Type
Articles
Summary

Access to water is a fundamental climate change issue in North America and internationally. It is related to significant political, social, and ecological struggles that indigenous peoples face, and governments and courts so far have done little to address these inequities. This Article, adapted from Chapter 10 of Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance (ELI Press 2016), discusses case law and international law instruments that indigenous peoples may employ to vindicate their rights, specifically the right to water, in light of global warming and the loss of their lands and way of life. It highlights indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States who live on extra-rural reservations and in remote and climate-vulnerable locations, and provides recommendations for mitigation and adaptation measures for these communities.

H.R. 350, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
McHenry
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-N.C.
Issue
3
Volume
47
Update Issue
2
Update Volume
47
Congress Number
115
Congressional Record Number
163 Cong. Rec. H193

would improve NOAA's weather research through a focused program of investment on affordable and attainable advances in observational, computing, and modeling capabilities to support substantial improvement in weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events, and to expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data. 

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