Bill Sponsor
House Bill 2748
116th Congress(2019-2020)
SAFE Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 15, 2019
Overview
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Introduced
May 15, 2019
Latest Action
Sep 1, 2020
Origin Chamber
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Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2748
Congress
116
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
Primary focus of measure is regulation of pollution including from hazardous substances and radioactive releases; climate change and greenhouse gases; environmental assessment and research; solid waste and recycling; ecology. Measures concerning energy exploration, efficiency, and conservation may fall under Energy policy area.
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House Votes (0)
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or the SAFE Act

The bill requires the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change.

Specifically, the bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group. The working group must adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants.

After the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences releases a periodic scientific assessment required under the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the working group must use sound science to review and revise the strategy to incorporate new information and advances in the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt.

Each federal agency must integrate the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs.

The Department of the Interior must establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support the working group and other interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change.

Interior must establish an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group.

Text (2)
September 1, 2020
Actions (15)
09/01/2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
09/01/2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-481.
01/29/2020
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
01/29/2020
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
01/29/2020
Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
01/29/2020
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
01/29/2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 15.
01/29/2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
09/24/2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
06/03/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
06/03/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
06/03/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
06/03/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
05/15/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
05/15/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
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